SCRU (Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzebekistan)

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the highest judicial body of civil, criminal and administrative law. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan has the right to supervise the administration of justice by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, as well as by regional, city, inter-district, district and martial courts. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan considers cases as a court of the first instance and for supervision purposes. The cases considered by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan under the first instance, can be considered by it in the order of appellation or cassation on the choice of persons having the right to appeal (protest) in appellation or cassation order. The case considered as an appellation, cannot be a subject to consideration as a cassation.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• undertakes the control over the implementation of explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan by other courts;
• carries out the complex analysis of judicial practice and judicial statistics;
• organizes measures to improve professional skill of the court staff.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan consists of the Chairman, First Deputy Chairman and Deputy Chairmen, Chairmen of Judicial Boards, the judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and operates with the following structure:
• Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Judicial Board on civil cases;
• Judicial Board on criminal cases
• Martial Board.

Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the highest judicial instance and works being composed of judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Chairmen of Supreme Courts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan is convoked not less than once in four months

The Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, First Deputy and Deputy Chairmen are included accordingly preserving their positions into Presidium of the Supreme Court of Republic of Uzbekistan.

The sessions of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan are carried out not less than once in a month and are valid if the majority of the members of Presidium of the Supreme court of Republic of Uzbekistan are present.

The Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
• carries out an organizational management of activity of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
• issues protests on court decisions, verdicts, definition and orders;
• obtains on demand case proceedings for check-up in the form of supervision;
• suspends in the order stipulated by the legislation an execution of court decisions, verdicts, definitions and orders;
• convokes the Plenum and Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and presides during the sessions;
• organizes work on realization of the control over the implementation of the orders of Plenum and Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan on general questions;
• makes representations to the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Republic of Uzbekistan on inconsistencies of explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the legislation;
• makes representations to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan on issues requiring interpretation of the laws and on inconsistency of the normative -legal acts with the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
• makes representations to the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan on composition and structure of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan; composition, structures and chairmen of Judicial Boards and the Higher Expert Board of the Judges of courts of the general jurisdiction.