Regional chief judges are legally empowered to screen verdicts of junior judges

 

 

The spokesman of the court of justice has reiterated that regional chief judges are legally empowered to screen the decisions of the lower courts and to write advisory reviews if they disagree with the verdicts. The judges of the lower courts, however, are independent and have the final say.

 

The spokesman, Mr. Suriyan Hongvilai, clarified today that the screening of the verdicts of the lower courts before they are delivered by the regional chief judges is not regarded as an interference with the decisions of the judges of lower courts. The practice of judicial review is, however, clearly specified in the regulations of the court of justice. They require judges of the court of first instance and the appeals court to report important cases to the president of the Supreme Court and empowers regional chief judges to screen the verdicts of judges of lower courts relating to such cases.

 

The cases, which are considered important and subject to the review process, include security-related, terrorism, narcotics trafficking, economic crime, environmental, human trafficking and capital cases, as well as crimes carrying prison sentences of 10 years to life, cases concerning public figures, such as the Prime Minister, cabinet members, senators, MPs, judges, public prosecutors and senior civil servants, among others, and cases which may affect international relations.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/regional-chief-judges-are-legally-empowered-to-screen-verdicts-of-junior-judges/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-10-09

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I sense there is a rear guard action in place to cover the actions of senior judges in the case of the judge who shot himself here.

I expect an 'amend where necessary' clause !

And what rank in the army do you need to be a regional chief judge? 

What a random post.

 

Or is it?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Regional chief judges are legally empowered to screen verdicts of junior judges

And the senior judges can continue screening the verdicts until the person paying the money gets the judgement they desire.

Thai justice.........the one with the most money wins.

the chief judge can dictate the verdict without ever having heard the evidence. ??????

Sounds like most tinpot dictatorships ????

Do they realise how bad this looks especially after recent events?

 

Why not just have one judge in the country, one set of scales and an algorithm to determine the weight of each envelope relating to charge linked to a guilty verdict, innocent verdict and for very heavy envelopes no action taken tray.