President of the Supreme Administrative Court reported to the media on the works of the Administrative Court on the occasion of its 16th anniversary.
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President of the Supreme Administrative Court reported to the media on the works of
the Administrative Court on the occasion of its 16th anniversary.
On 8 March 2016, on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the Administrative Court, Mr. Piya Patangta, President of the Supreme Administrative Court, reported to the media on the trial and adjudication of administrative cases and other important works during the year of 2016. Details are as follows:
1. In 2016, the Administrative Court tried more administrative cases than in any year since its inauguration in 2001. In 2016, the Court tried 12,842 cases which is significantly more than the annual average since 2001 of 8,735 cases per year.
2. In 2016, the Supreme Administrative Court tried 4,102 cases which is more than twice the yearly average of 2,122.
3. Also, 2016 was the first year in which the Supreme Administrative Court finished trying more cases than those submitted to the Court in the same year. The number of cases submitted was 3,353 but, including the trying of backlog cases from previous years, the Supreme Administrative Court finished trying 4,170 cases. Backlog cases during the previous two years was 60% or 5,690 cases and backlog cases from more than two years previous was 40% or 3,812 cases. (Please read the full text below.)