The heads of the criminal and civil sections of Ulaanbaatar Court, B.Sarantuya and P.Zolzaya respectively, briefed the media yesterday on work at the eight district courts under it and said most judges are overworked.    

At the end of September the courts resolved 2,095 of the 2,588 criminal cases submitted. The number of cases was 2.5% fewer than in the same period last year, but convictions were 7.8% higher. One judge presided over 216 cases on an average. Similarly, 10.882 of the 18,130 civil cases had been disposed of, with each of the 49 judges resolving 222 cases on an average.     

The number of violent attacks has increased. Cases of premeditated murder have risen 6.3%, those of unintended manslaughter 33.3%, those of grievous bodily harm 33.9%, rape 18.0%, assaults 1.4% and auto accidents 19.8%.    
There was no appeal against 90% of the judgments in civil cases, a slight fall from the 91.5% in 2009.