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Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is working on modernising its judiciary laws to eliminate bureaucracy in courts and to accelerate settlement of disputes.
The step is part of a move, to be approved soon, for restructuring the Saudi judiciary.
Media and legal circles in the West have been criticising the Islamic-based legal procedures in Saudi Arabia.
The advisor at the Saudi Justice Ministry Shaikh Abdul Mohsen Al Obeikna told Gulf News yesterday that the experts committee at the Saudi cabinet is putting final touches to the draft law, which will specify how specialised courts for judicial circles, for public rights and commercial courts and others for personal affairs will be established.
Meanwhile, Dr Adnan Al Wazan, member of the Islamic and judiciary affairs at the Saudi Shoura (Consultative) Council expects the new draft law to initiate juveniles' courts and stock exchange courts. He lamented the shortage of judges in courts.
"The courts are now lacking sufficient number of judges as there is one judge for every 100,000 persons while it has to be, at least at the present moment, five judges for every 10,000 persons," Al Wazan pointed out.
In a related development, Gulf News has learned that the Saudi Ministry of Justice is putting the final touches for a draft law for establishing a Saudi Lawyers Society. The society draft bill statute will be prepared and forwarded to the Royal Court for endorsement, the sources added.
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