Last year, the Budva Minor Offences Court recorded remarkable achievements, despite operating with two fewer judges for the majority of the year, as reported by court president Marko Đukanović.

He revealed that the Budva Misdemeanor Court handled a total of 19,386 cases, consisting of 13,651 first-instance misdemeanor cases (PP) accounting for 70.42% and 5,735 enforcement cases (IPS) at 29.58%.

Djukanović noted that they began the year with 6,097 pending cases from prior years (4,042 PP and 2,055 IPS), and received 13,289 new cases throughout the year.

“In the reporting period, among the total of 19,386 ongoing misdemeanor and enforcement cases, 14,510 cases, or 74.85%, were resolved. This means that by the year’s end, 4,876 cases, or 25.15%, remained unresolved,” the report stated.

The average monthly case inflow per judge handling misdemeanor and enforcement proceedings was 100.67.

Furthermore, an average of 1,312.45 cases were resolved per judge, while approximately 443.27 cases remained unresolved per judge.

Djukanović highlighted that last year, the court’s responsiveness rate was an impressive 108.64%.

He also pointed out that the majority of cases were related to the Law on Road Traffic Safety (68.7%), followed by the Law on Public Order and Peace (9.8%), the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence (4.2%), and the Law on the Prevention of Corruption (2.8%). Roughly 14% of cases were from other categories.

“In total, 4,955 protective measures were enforced, with 3,933 being in cases under the Road Traffic Safety Act,” the report added.

According to the statement, 187 protective measures were imposed under the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, while the remaining 379 measures pertained to other categories.

“Last year, the court generated a total of €2,040,035.33 in fines, procedural costs, and court fees, marking a significant increase compared to 2023 (over €233,000) and exceeding the budget allocated for the court’s operation by 41%,” Đukanović emphasized.

He also mentioned that over 2.2 days of prison sentences were served.

“The court achieved exceptional results last year, and this is particularly noteworthy given that it operated with two fewer judges for most of the year,” concluded Đukanović.

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