Justice

First-instance court activity

How many cases do Moroccan courts process each year, and what are they about?

First-instance courts (TPI) handle the bulk of civil and criminal cases in Morocco: divorces, labor disputes, traffic accidents, misdemeanors, etc. Most files pass through them before any appeal.

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First-instance courts Courts of appeal

Cases filed

0,000

All cases combined, 2024

Civil section

0,000

Family, real estate, labor, etc.

Criminal section

0,000

Misdemeanors, contraventions, accidents

Pending backlog

0,000

Unresolved at end of 2024

Trend 2023 → 2024

Cases filed at first-instance courts went from 356,851 in 2023 to 354,317 in 2024 — -0.7%. The pending backlog changed by -9.9% over the same period.

Civil section: top categories in 2024

Cases filed per category

Tort
26,7828,536 pending
Social
21,4379,482 pending
Personal status
17,9787,858 pending
Misc civil
15,1517,718 pending
Other civil
8,3133,369 pending
Urgent matters
7,1761,396 pending

Criminal section: top categories in 2024

Cases filed per category

Misdemeanors (appeal)
146,03636,318 pending
Traffic (appeal)
53,89523,828 pending
Other criminal
20,622866 pending
Adult investigation
11,9266,207 pending
Juvenile misdemeanors
3,343889 pending
Juvenile investigation
2,4151,479 pending