Documents and legal acts
Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, the Rules of Court, instructions of the Registry, orders of the Chief Justice and the annual reports on the work of the courts. Laws of the Zone are published in the Official Gazette. The texts here are for information; in case of difference the text kept in the Registry prevails.
On the publication of the register of pending cases
In force from 1 October 2026Contents of the online register of cases pending before the Supreme Court and the Talas District Court, protection of private parties, weekly updating and the meaning of the status entries.
Report on the work of the courts of the Zone in 2025
PublishedDistrict courts: 17,940 cases decided (civil 7,310; commercial 2,460; criminal 6,020, of them 38 with a jury; administrative 2,150). Magistrate courts: about 41,600 matters. Supreme Court: 63 cases received (44 appeals, 12 commercial, 4 petitions for constitutional review, 3 matters of the bar), 58 decided, 21 pending at the end of the year; average time 5.1 months.
On the sittings of the Supreme Court during the New Year holidays 2025–2026
ExecutedNo sittings from 29 December 2025 to 9 January 2026; first sitting 14 January 2026; the Registry works on working days; urgent applications through the duty officer to the duty justice.
On taking account in civil cases of agreements reached before councils of elders
In forceGuidance to the courts on written records of agreements reached before councils of elders (aksakals) under customary law in disputes on grazing, livestock and family property: their use as evidence, and their limits.
Report on the work of the courts of the Zone in 2024
PublishedDistrict courts: 17,210 cases decided. Magistrate courts of Talas, Nurzhan and Iyık Janyl: about 40,200 matters. Supreme Court: 59 cases received, 55 decided. Staff of the courts, training, interpreters and the restoration of the court buildings.
On the list of court interpreters and the calling of interpreters to hearings
In forceProcedure for entering interpreters on the list kept by the Interpretation Service, for notice of the need for an interpreter (at filing or at the latest seven days before the hearing) and for the oath of the interpreter in court.
On certain questions of the application by the courts of the Labour Code in disputes on dismissal
In forceGuidance to the district courts on claims for reinstatement and unpaid wages under the Labour Code of 2009: the evidence of the grounds of dismissal, the calculation of wages for the period of forced absence and the hearing of such claims without delay.
Rules of the Bar Examination
In force, as amended on 6 February 2026Rules approved by the Plenum on the admission of lawyers to practise before the courts of the Zone: the sessions, the application, the written and oral examination, the oath and the roll of the bar.
On the practice of application by the courts of the Abduction for Marriage Act
In forceGuidance to the courts on cases under the Abduction for Marriage Act of March 2017: the penalties set by the Act, the rule that such unions are not registrable, the hearing of the victim and the reporting of such cases.
Rules of Court of the Supreme Court of Irad
In force, as amended in 2019 and 2026Procedure before the Supreme Court: filing of appeals and petitions (Part II), languages of the proceedings and interpreters (Rule 12), the answer of the Government to a petition for constitutional review (Rule 41), listing of cases for hearing by order of the Chief Justice (Rule 44), public sittings, panels and the Plenum, the Registry and the cause lists. Adopted by the Plenum after the reconstitution of the bench in 2007.
On the practice of trial with a jury under the Judicial Reforms Act
In forceGuidance to the district courts on the first jury trials in serious criminal cases introduced by the Judicial Reforms Act of 2003: the lists of jurors, the selection of the jury, the directions of the presiding judge and the form of the questions for the verdict.