Thai courts took on around 1.82 million cases for deliberation and ruling last year, Office of the Judiciary secretary-general Sarawut Benjakul said on Tuesday. The Justice Court system completed 1.5 million cases out of the 1.74 million it accepted, while the Appeals Court finished 49,617 cases out of a total of 56,634. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, finished some 10,000 cases out of the 17,202 it took on for deliberation and ruling. In regard to court authority to file cases for contempt, he explained that the courts already had such authority, but refrained using it unless absolutely necessary. As such matters were criminal cases, anyone learning about a contempt of court could file a complaint to the police for the courts to consider, the secretary-general said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok January 16, 2018 12:11 UTC