فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Mohamed Abdennabaoui, First President of the Supreme Council of the Judicial Power, voiced serious concern over the sharp rise in the number of cases referred annually to the Court of Cassation, calling for urgent legislative and executive intervention to curb what he described as a surge of unproductive appeals.
Speaking at the opening of the new judicial year, Abdennabaoui warned that the accumulation of cases threatens the quality of judicial decisions and undermines the stability of jurisprudence. He stressed that the Court of Cassation is not a third level of litigation, but rather an institution tasked with harmonizing case law and ensuring legal certainty.
The senior judicial official appealed to members of the legal profession, as well as legislative and executive stakeholders, to establish stricter criteria for admitting cassation appeals, in order to prevent the court from being overwhelmed by cases that add little legal value. He noted that only 21.71 percent of decisions resulted in cassation, while nearly 78 percent of appeals were rejected, including about 10 percent deemed inadmissible.
Providing statistical insight, Abdennabaoui revealed that the Court of Cassation registered 60,035 new appeals over the past year, added to more than 46,000 pending cases from 2024. This brought the total number of cases handled during 2025 to over 106,000—an unprecedented figure.
Despite the efforts of the court’s judges, with each justice issuing an average of around 270 decisions and a total of 54,049 cases adjudicated, more than 52,000 files remained unresolved, creating a significant backlog at the start of the new judicial year. Abdennabaoui emphasized that this situation calls for structural reform to strike a balance between the right to appeal and the effectiveness of justice, as well as the quality of judicial rulings.
Source: Fes News Media
