Commercial judgments increased during the past year 1440 AH, compared to the previous year, by 48%, as the total judgments issued by commercial courts and departments in the Kingdom reached 36,652 judgments, compared to 24,721 judgments issued during 1439 AH.
The Ministry of Justice attributed this rise in rulings to a set of digital services in the commercial judiciary, which strengthened the business sector environment and raised the ceiling of achievement and performance, which reflected positively on the beneficiaries, saving them time and effort...«Commercial Rulings»...
Among the services launched by the commercial judiciary platform at the Ministry of Justice: “Detailed inquiry about a case, viewing rulings, reminder and notification service, filing an electronic claim, requesting an appeal, filing the first defense brief, informing the defendant, My cases service, my appointments, inquiring about hearing dates, inquiring about the status of a case, and bankruptcy applications.” ....«Commercial Judgments»..
The specialized commercial courts contribute to enhancing the business environment and providing an economic climate of confidence, stability and preservation of rights, encouraging and stimulating investment in the Kingdom, in line with the objectives of the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and achieving a qualitative shift in the speed of adjudication of commercial disputes and the quality of the judicial output.
His Excellency the Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Dr. Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani, issued a package of decisions that contributed to the speedy resolution of commercial judgments and maintaining their quality, including the addition of an article to the executive regulations of the Sharia Procedures Law that sets a date for hearing commercial cases not exceeding 20 days from the date of registration of the lawsuit, in addition to limiting the number of total sessions to consider commercial cases, not exceeding 3 sessions. «Commercial judgments»...
The Ministry indicated that some of the decisions also include submitting the case sheet electronically without the need to attend, verifying the validity of the data by the court staff and registering it within a day, and notifying the defendant through his mobile phone with the number registered in Absher, in order to activate electronic notification. “Commercial Judgments”...
The Ministry enabled beneficiaries to submit the first defense memorandum electronically without the need to attend, in addition to increasing the number of judges and circuits, and cases with claims worth less than 300 thousand riyals are heard by one judge, in addition to the possibility of submitting an appeal request electronically from the same site without the need to visit the court. ...«Commercial Judgments»...