Supreme Court of Pakistan

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

Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan underlined that the rulings by the top court are binding for everyone, including the executive, legislative, and judiciary bodies, after some of its verdicts have not been implemented by the lower and appeal courts.

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has proposed the necessity of drafting a new constitution in the wake of a deepening disagreement between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court over the imprisonment of MP Can Atalay.

The minister's proposition aligns with the long-standing efforts of the government.

When the current president of the Supreme Court, Maria Georgiou, assumed office in June 2021, she immediately ruled that judges who were not doing their jobs properly, to the detriment of citizens and the institution of the judiciary, should be removed.

Supreme Court justices will be required to disclose more of their activities, including some free trips, air travel and other types of gifts, according to rules adopted earlier this month.

Under the new rules, justices and other federal judges must report travel by private jet, as well as stays at commercial properties, such as hotels, resorts or hunting lodges.

Moldova's Supreme Court of Justice faces paralysis after the resignation of 20 judges months before a vetting process was due to begin.

The President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou extended an invitation to the leadership of the Greek justice system and the plenary of the Bar Association Presidents on January 16 to discuss and attempt to solve the issues plaguing the Greek justice system.

Red loan management companies are looking for ways to break out of the impasse in the execution of foreclosure auctions, after the government's refusal to resolve the issue by interpreting the existing law.

The former president of the Supreme Court, Vesna Medenica, is the first top judicial official to be arrested for abuse of office in Montenegro, despite decades of accusations about widespread corruption in the Adriatic country.

The only other Muslim to have sat on the Supreme Court was given a temporary one-year term