Judicial System

Judicial System in Saudi Arabia
For proper and logical analysis of this issue, we deem it
appropriate to examine first cases heard and tried by Saudi
courts and to delay for a while the variances and as well the
level of these rulings. It is important to note that having a
better knowledge of the cases that courts hear and try will
limit the scope of variances in a manner far much lesser than
the stereotypes of those variances. Courts, in accordance with
article (49) of the Basic Law of Governance, hear and try ‘all
disputes and offences’ without prejudice to the jurisdiction
of the Board of Grievances pursuant to article (53) of the
same law. The Regulations of Procedure before Sharia
Courts have detailed in numerous sections the jurisdictions
of courts as we have mentioned in other paragraphs in this
article.
It is noteworthy that this jurisdiction of value achieves
unity of cases/ subject in courts, hence achieves a great deal
of the judicial perception with respect to presented cases.
However, we will not have much confidence of this finding
unless we tackle two important points:
The first point: the rulings issued by courts when trying
presented cases;
The second point: the procedure to which courts comply
with respect to trying cases.
I believe that clarifying these two points and concentrating
on them will clearly demonstrate that there are variances
between two courts’ rulings that share the same facts. As to
the first point, courts according to article (48) of the Basic
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