The apex of a unified hierarchy created by the 1996 Basic Law and the 1999 Judicial Authority Law, which replaced a fragmented system of separate Sharia, commercial and labour tribunals. Omani civil law follows the Egyptian model, with the Civil Transactions Law of 2013, while personal status for Muslims is governed by the Personal Status Law applying Ibadi and other jurisprudence.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Apex court
- Jurisdiction
- Final review on points of law in civil, commercial, criminal, labour and personal-status matters, and ensuring uniform application of law.
- Seat
- Muscat
- Established
- 1999
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