The backlog of civil cases in the Supreme Court is a "serious" problem equal to more than 110 thousand pending cases and "makes the processing times for civil appeals unacceptable, even if in the last year it has been possible to bring the disposition time to considerably lower levels to those of previous years ". This was noted by the First President of the Cassation Pietro Curzio in his report for the inauguration of the judicial year, noting the great work done by the Supreme Judges and by all the staff of the Supreme Court. Compared to 2020, the 'pending' cases have been reduced by 9,232 units.
Curzio paid tribute to President Mttarella present at the ceremony together with the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia. "The Court of Cassation is honored to be the place where the last public act is carried out at the conclusion of the seven-year term" of the President.
"It is necessary to give a decisive impulse to the proposals for the innovation of the penitentiary system and to respond to the many emergencies that afflict Italian prisons. The PNRR foresees the reform of the tax justice system. But before that it is necessary to tackle the reform of the judiciary and the CSM . 'Inescapable' indeed, as you, Mr President of the Republic, have stressed several times, interpreting the soul of many ".
This is the emphasis made by the Minister of Justice Marta Cartabia in her speech at the inauguration ceremony of the judicial year, citing some of the reforms that will be made this year.
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"Out of 295 voluntary murders in the last year 118 women are victims" an evident symptom of an unresolved tension in gender relations, of an unmetabolized equality ". women murdered in the family / emotional sphere and in particular 70 by the hand of the partner or former partner "." There is a strong commitment of the State starting with the investigators "to counter the situation but" severity in the application of the law "and work "starting from the places where people are trained", said Cuzio.
"The number of accidents at work and occupational diseases is unacceptable, particularly serious in the sectors most characterized by precarious and strenuous activities. Inail announced that in the first ten months of 2021 the level of a thousand reports of fatal accidents was exceeded".
"The analysis of the administration of justice in Italy shows, as indeed the country as a whole,
a picture in chiaroscuro
", underlines Curzio in his report for the current judicial year in the Aula Magna of the Cassation in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella.
There are "problems and signs of improvement".
"In the civil sector in the last year - continues Curzio - there has been an increase in the definitions of processes compared to the previous year. Overall growth is 9.8%. New registrations have also grown, but to a lesser extent. intense, equal to 1.9% ".
"The greater number of definitions compared to the increase in new registrations means that pending cases have decreased by 6.5% compared to the previous year. It has gone - Curzio notes - from 3,321,149 to 3,106,623 pending proceedings. 'a certainly positive figure, especially if we consider that ten years ago the pending civil cases exceeded 5 million. But the timeframes for defining the trials are still too high ".
"For the first time, legal, procedural and substantial reforms are accompanied by important structural interventions and the financial commitment that these require. The time for cost-free reforms, which combined procedural requirements, increasingly complex, without ask yourself the question of who and how he could have initiated it ".
This was underlined by the Pg of the Cassation Giovanni Salvi in his speech at the inauguration of the judicial year.
