Cases & Judgement

Case statistics
During the annual judiciary conference in 1990, His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo commanded for the judiciary system in Bhutan to be made more efficient to ensure that justice is not delayed and the quality of justice not compromised. The High Court immediately set in motion the steps to achieve this command through workshop, sensitization, streamlining the judicial process, case management, computerization, etc. Consequently, in 1991 and 1992, 21 courts around the country cleared the backlog cases. Similar exercise has been carried out in 1992-1993.

Case Statistic Report is submitted to the Chief Justice on a monthly basis.

Statistics on judicial performance have reduced delay, even without enforcement mechanisms. Statistics are most effective when information on clearance rates and time to disposition is generated for each judge.

SUMMARY OF CASES DECIDED

A summary of cases decided from year 1991 to 2006

This method of comparative assessment to check the performance of the various Courts has increased accountability and contributed to the disposal of cases within the timeframe and undue delay of cases is checked. This chart shows the number of cases, which has been decided in less than 108 days and those, which has taken more than 108 days. Mostly, criminal cases are decided within 108 days.
This is a check and balance for the Judge to probe why a particular case have taken more than 108 days and it allows the Judge to address this issue.

More then 108 days
Court 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
B/THANG
         15 18 24 15 23 39 109 196 270   46 241 996
CHHUKHA
         30 6 95 12 200 210 401 418 405 217 75 107 2176
P/LING
         58 134 172 156 54 222 151 262 289 277 213 317 2305
DAGANA
         20 24 105 108 24 36 75 98 325 228 44 64 1151
HIGH COURT
     26 43 127 123 117 137 57 17 38 26 33 44 32 49 869
GASA
         2 5 18 6   75 42 13 33 14 17 10 235
HAA
         36 73 154 106 54 77 123 99 144 33 26 75 1000
LHUNTSHI
         37 53 55 52 46 43 84 99 120 81 26 56 752
MONGAR
         38 36 94 328 424 119 93 124 208 164 26 57 1711
PARO
     24 67 126 298 281 116 181 149 251 332 1137 606 320 389 4277
P/GATSHEL
 11 30 16 14 47 40 82 58 65 89 117 173 271 77 9 54 1153
PUNAKHA
     20 60 97 88 164 108 40 142 186 197 224 236 183 212 1957
SAMTSE
         21 19 124 94 26 25 92 101 210 140 138 210 1200
S/ JONGKHAR
 4 2     18 26 11 17 28 2 86 107 109 127 44 66 647
SARPANG
         6 4 48 26 17 25 114 107 91 106 75 65 684
TRASHIGANG
         57 149 35 22 1 47 92 160 46 21 39 55 724
WAMRONG
         10 46 141 83 25 40 101 78 67 158 78 78 905
T/YANGTSI
         7 68 92 108 39 110 59 71 82 26 8 29 699
THIMPHU
         140 347 451 366 308 165 619 453 721 743 742 744 5799
TRONGSA
         15 12 34 30 12 33 86 68 77 43 80 93 583
TSIRANG
         8 20 58 112 49 88 99 122 90 126 44 145 961
W/PHODRANG
     16 27 28 43 1   83 47 65 232 541 431 298 367 2179
ZHEMGANG
         35 56 127 141 89 57 73 70 121 131 14 45 959
GELEPHU
             1     78 115 140 377 359 164 421 1655
Total
 15 32 102 211 963 1670 2460 2186 1822 1896 3162 3550 5721 4388 2695 3708 34581

 

Less than 108 days
Court
 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
BUMTHANG
         72 87 97 79 87 82 113 156 220 1 120 267 1381
CHHUKHA
       1 85 67 149 38 289 910 524 525 410 223 234 214 3669
PHUENTSHOLING
         167 366 358 271 108 118 382 421 264 251 416 229 3351
DAGANA
         37 82 156 816 106 154 88 325 154 35 59 100 2112
HIGH COURT
   1 44 16 15 24 27 64 23 53 78 45 50 90 43 138 711
GASA
         24 18 40 24 7 39 34 14 42 16 22 29 309
HAA
         35 79 76 90 75 99 79 65 120 63 75 151 1007
LHUNTSHI
         240 167 105 121 104 113 221 169 146 171 296 149 2002
MONGAR
       1 315 863 174 84 186 162 88 186 368 231 190 146 2994
PARO
   6 206 172 204 296 690 316 302 265 358 339 632 625 680 649 5740
PEMA GATSHEL
 7   102 62 376 175 148 155 106 88 157 200 225 163 82 129 2175
PUNAKHA
     68 79 97 246 269 252 168 272 181 192 200 214 295 298 2831
SAMTSE
     1   70 88 216 178 98 101 169 106 178 138 278 234 1855
S/JONGKHAR
 18       123 124 91 81 58 73 67 79 342 280 267 166 1769
SARPANG
         261 180 436 221 133 114 87 110 105 130 117 130 2024
TRASHIGANG
         182 455 389 216 78 109 110 136 207 300 208 298 2688
WAMRONG
         159 140 417 214 98 122 129 57 45 44 60 61 1546
TASHI YANGTSI
         143 403 322 288 184 152 1150 214 216 211 171 205 3659
THIMPHU
       4 421 581 650 535 282 132 1098 553 665 720 888 1371 7900
TRONGSA
         94 111 176 159 142 184 136 203 151 120 151 167 1794
TSIRANG
         46 86 162 132 46 58 74 67 107 121 88 148 1135
W/PHODRANG
     119 71 88 102 2 2 220 216 372 366 433 352 404 351 3098
ZHEMGANG
         40 94 160 47 36 40 62 81 67 103 49 109 888
GELEPHU
           1       97 307 218 264 373 278 419 1957
Total
 25 7 540 406 3294 4835 5310 4383 2936 3753 6064 4827 5611 4975 5471 6158 58595

 

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