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270 JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT;

No. of new cases heard in Bahrain
Court during 1350 668
No. of new cases heard in Small
Court during 1350 « 255
Total 1023.

During 1350 the Bahrain Court heard over 200 more

new cases than during the previous year, The increase
in litigation is a sign of the times and the hearing of
innumerable cases only confirms the fact that on the

whole the financial condition of the general public is
extremely had. Out of this total 218 cases were land
disputes or matters concerning registration of titles
forwarded to the court by the Land Department.

At present the following Bahrain courts exist.
The Bahrain Court — The Adviser and Shaikh Sulman
son of Shaikh Hamad.

The Bahrain Small Court Two Shaikhs of the
Ruling family. Cases under
Bs 200/-.

The Sunni Shera Sourt - The three Sunni £adis.
Two Shia Shera Courts . - One Qadi at Manama and
one at Sinabis.
Majlis Tajara A court of 22 leadi
ing merchants
of whom 11 sit on alternative
weeks during one day in the
week.
All cases are filed in the Bahrain Court and then if
not dealt with there they are passed on to the court

competent to deal with them.
At the end of the year the Bahrain Court had about
300 new suits which had not been dealt with and both

the Shi* courts had accumulated several hundred cases
which they had not had time to settle.
The Bahrain Court sits three times a week from

8 a.m. till 2 p.m. but in spite of this it is impossible
to get the work done. During the year the number of
i