Oman to open judiciary institute

A higher institute will open soon in Oman, giving impetus to a plan to prepare nationals for work in judiciary, according to Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Hinai, Minister of Justice.

He said the ministry has completed the technical preparations to set up the institute. The move is part of the ministry's plans to ease the work of magistrates.

In a statement to Arabic daily Al Shabiba, Al Hinai said there were a number of judges who had completed post-graduation and doctorate programmes. Some of them are currently studying Sharia while others are pursuing a higher diploma course.

The minister said the judicial law issued vide Royal Decree No. 90/99 stipulated a bachelors degree in Sharia and law, in addition to two years' minimum training, for joining the judiciary.

The ministry has started a programme to provide training to assistant magistrates in the higher institutes of the UAE and Kuwait.

Meanwhile, Al Hinai has issued a ministerial decision on the appointment of judges to the Courts of Appeal and Courts of First Instance as shown below.

The appointments are Esmat Taha Gargees, Court of Appeal in Muscat; Al Sayyed Abdul Matti Ibrahim Hamoudah, Court of Appeal in Muscat; Addil Jasim Muhammed Al Jahwari, Court of Appeal in Sohar; Majdi Ali Qasim Salamah, Court of Appeal in Sohar; Manie' Thuwaini O'Jail Al Sa'adoon, Court of Appeal in Nizwa; Abdul Hamed bin Mohammed Al Sheikh, Court of Appeal in Nizwa; Ja'afar Mohammed Khudhair Al A'idani, Court of Appeal in Ibra; Abdul Fatah Ahmed Al Sagheer, Court of Appeal in Ibra; Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Shikaiwah, Court of Appeal in Ibri.

Faisal Abdul Samad Omar, Court of First Instance in Muscat; Abdul Fatah Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Amir, Court of First Instance in Muscat; Salahuddin Ibrahim, Court of First Instance in Muscat; Abdul Rahim Abdul Wahab Al Tohami, Court of First Instance in Muscat; Al Hadi bin A'mmaar Al A'ayari, Court of First Instance in Muscat; As'ad Abdul Aziz Al Sayyed Qasim, Court of First Instance in Seeb.

Mohammed Khair Mahmoud, Court of First Instance in Seeb; Jamal Juma'ah Qutb A'qrab, Court of First Instance in Barka; Safa Sadiq Ahmed Al Shakargi, Court of First Instance in Rustaq; Abdul Jawad Yaseen Hassan, Court of First Instance in Sohar; Noori Sakar Aziz Al Ghaithi, Court of First Instance in Nizwa; Ahmed Mahmoud Wald Al Sheikh, Court of First Instance in Nizwa; Mahmoud bin Khalifa Tahir, Court of First Instance in Nizwa.

Osama bin Abdul Aziz Sheddo, Court of First Instance in Sumail; Osama Ali bin Sulaiman, Court of First Instance in Sur; Ali Ahmed Mustafa Al Qarabi, Court of First Instance in Ibra; Mohammed Al Tahir bin Ali Al Hamdi, Court of First Instance in Al Mudhaibi; Dhirar bin Yousef Al Sayyed, Court of First Instance in Al Buraimi; Najeeb bin Al Mabrook Hamoudah, Court of First Instance in Ibri; Al Asa'ad bin Habeeb Al Shanoofi, Court of First Instance in Salalah.