SUPREME COURT: Instead of the civil and criminal sections deciding final appeals and definitions, a panel would offer a decision to the original judge on which to base the ruling
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 18, 2018
By: Hsiang Cheng-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Judicial Yuan said its proposal to establish a “grand chamber” within the Supreme
Judicial Yuan Secretary-General Lu Tai-lang announces a proposal to create a “grand chamber” system at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
Court might be the turning of a new page in the history of the judiciary.
The Judicial Yuan yesterday proposed draft amendments to the Organic Act for Courts (法院組織法) and the Organic Act for Administrative Courts (行政法院組織法) that would create the chamber if passed.
The establishment of a grand chamber would improve the transparency and rulings of final appeals, Judicial Yuan Secretary-General Lu Tai-lang (呂太郎) said.
The current method of arriving at a final verdict through deliberation by the criminal and civil sections of the Supreme Court is not academically sound, Lu said.
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