The Budva Minor Offences Court achieved outstanding results last year, even though it operated with two fewer judges for most of the year, announced the court's president, Marko Đukanović.
He said that the Budva Misdemeanor Court had 19.386 cases in its work last year, of which 13.651 or 70,42 percent were first-instance misdemeanor cases (PP) and 5.735 or 29,58 percent were enforcement cases (IPS).
Djukanovic stated that they started last year with 6.097 cases carried over from previous years (4.042 PP and 2.055 IPS cases), while they received 13.289 new cases during the year.
"During the reporting period, out of a total of 19.386 misdemeanor and enforcement cases in progress, a total of 14.510 or 74,85 percent of cases were resolved, so that at the end of the year, 4.876 cases or 25,15 percent remained unresolved," the statement said.
It is stated that the average monthly inflow of cases per number of judges who acted in misdemeanor and enforcement proceedings was 100,67.
As it is added, an average of 1.312,45 cases were resolved per judge, while an average of 443,27 cases remained unresolved per judge.
Djukanovic said that the court-level responsiveness rate last year was 108,64 percent.
He said that the largest number of cases in the work were from the area of the Law on Road Traffic Safety (68,7 percent), followed by the Law on Public Order and Peace (9,8 percent), the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence (4,2 percent), the Law on the Prevention of Corruption (2,8 percent), while around 14 percent of cases came from other areas.
"A total of 4.955 protective measures were imposed, of which 3.933 in cases established under the Road Traffic Safety Act," the statement said.
It is stated that 187 protective measures were imposed in cases established under the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, while the remaining 379 go to other areas.
"Last year, the court collected a total of 2.040.035,33 euros in fines, procedural costs and court fees, which is a large increase compared to 2023 (over 233.000 euros) and as much as 41 percent more than the budget allocated for the court's work last year," Đukanović pointed out.
He emphasized that more than 2,2 days of prison sentences were served.
"Last year, the court achieved extraordinary results, which are even more significant because for most of the year it operated with two fewer judges," concluded Đukanović.
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