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Notable decisions

A selection of the Court's decisions. Full reports are available in print at the Court's law library and, for 1992–2023, at the State Archives.

2006
Opinion of the Court on the Status of the Territory

December 2006. Held that territorial status had lapsed on the withdrawal of the United States. Annulled by decree of 25 February 2007.

2008
ISEZ Commercial Concessions Reference

Confirmed the authority of the administration to lease strategic mineral concessions to foreign joint ventures without a prior legislative referendum.

2008
In re the Jer-Suu Party

April 2008. Dissolution of the party under the Extremist Activity Act. Opinion of the Court by Associate Justice Nazarbekov.

2014
Challenge to the 2013 Amendment of the Elective Governor Acts

March 2014. Leave to hear refused: the question belongs to the legislature.

2015
Pastoral Transit Case

May 2015. Recognised the customary right of herders to drive livestock across highway easements without municipal licensing penalties.