Supreme court

The continuation of the political confrontation between the government and the opposition over the Supreme Court report on phone surveillance will take place today at 10 a.m. in the Institutions and Transparency Committee, which is meeting urgently.

The selection of presidents and vice presidents of the Supreme Court, the Council of State, the Court of Audit and the selection of the prosecutor of the Supreme Court will henceforth be done by the administrative plenary sessions of the courts which will meet in April each year and vote by secret ballot on the candidates, according to an amendment tabled in the Parliament by Justice Minister G

India on Monday implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice.

Amit Shah, the interior minister, said the codes would help India "become the world's most modern justice delivery system."

The disciplinary commission of the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to dismiss four judges due to numerous and significant delays in issuing decisions.

A Thessaloniki appeal court judge, two presidents and a judge of the Athens first instance court were sacked under the ruling, while the case of a Thessaloniki deputy prosecutor was postponed.

The decision over the parliamentary presence of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) has been postponed by the Electoral Court until after a verdict is issued in the criminal trial of the party's MPs who are being prosecuted for defrauding the electorate.

The law aims to end the disgrace of cases taking 25 years to reach a final verdict – 12,000 cases remain pending – Giorgos Floridis spoke to TO VIMA: The Supreme Court needs to modernise and become efficient

The Supreme Court has fired five judges for breach of duty after finding that they obstructed justice by delaying decisions.

One of them, a first-instance court judge delayed from 36 to 130 cases annually during her years of service. In addition, at least 187 case files were removed from her jurisdiction, following 11 negative annual reviews.

Greece's Supreme Court banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from running in this year's elections for the European Parliament, the Athens News Agency reported.

A legal source confirmed the report to Reuters. Court decisions in Greece are not immediately announced.

The court ruled that the party did not fulfil the set requirements to contest the vote.

The Council of State came into conflict with the Supreme Court last January on the contentious issue & the disagreement was referred for final judgment to the Supreme Special Court

Last Friday a hearing took place at the Supreme Court of London, setting the trial – The statements of the attorneys of both sides & the issues to be examined