The activity of courts is being improved in Uzbekistan

A presidential decree "On additional measures to further improve the activities of courts and increase the efficiency of justice" was adopted.

According to the Decree, from 1 January 2021, it is envisages:

- the abolition of the institution of considering court cases in the order of supervision, the abolition of the right of the chairman of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan and their deputies to lodge a protest in the order of supervision over decisions;

- the introduction of a preliminary hearing stage, which stipulates the possibility of promptly identifying and eliminating factors that impede the consideration of a criminal case on a general basis, determining the procedure for making decisions in a case with the participation of the parties and observing the adversarial principle at the stage of assigning a case for consideration in court;

introduction of orders according to which:

- decisions of inter-district, district (city) courts can be reviewed on appeal by regional and equivalent courts, and decisions of regional and equivalent courts, rendered as a court of first instance, by judicial collegiums of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

- decisions of courts considered on appeal may be reviewed on cassation by judicial collegiums of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

- decisions made on cases considered in cassation by the judicial collegiums of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan may be reviewed again in cassation at the protest of the chairman of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan and their deputies;

- the refusal of the public prosecutor from charges entails the termination of the criminal case on exonerating grounds;

- reclaiming from the court and examining the case by the prosecutor, in which the verdict, decision, ruling or ruling of the court entered into legal force, only if there is a request from the parties in this case;

- exclusion of the participation of the prosecutor on his own initiative in the consideration of civil and economic cases in courts initiated by other persons, with the exception of cases provided for by law.

UzDaily.com