Activities of ten judges terminated in Azerbaijan

At the meeting of the Judicial-Legal Council held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan Fikrat Mammadov, activiies of ten judges were terminated, the Council said on Friday.

The Council found activities of five of the judges as unacceptable due to shortcomings in their work. The powers of the other five judges were terminated due to age limit of tenure of judges.

Judge of Khatai District Court of Baku Saadat Salimova was reprimanded for violating the law, judge of the Zardab Region Court Agamammad Garayev and judge of Agdam Military Court Abbas Abbasov were rebuked.

According to the report, the Council considered it expedient to re-appoint eight judges to various judicial positions.

In recent years, due to violation of laws, procrastination of processes and other negative cases, activities of more than 40 judges have been terminated.

The meeting also discussed the obligations stipulated by the new legislation, including the creation of new courts and the need for additional judicial personnel.


/Trend/