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2026
The press service has received a number of requests from the media concerning the petition In re the Elective Governor Acts (Inability of the Governor), No. SC-P 3/2026. The procedural position is as follows.
The Talas District Court will continue the hearing of case TDC-C 1307/2026, Talas Commercial Development Group v. Liberty Forum, on 16 November 2026. The interim injunction was refused on 12 October 2026 and the case adjourned.
The autumn session of the bar examination was held in the Hall of Justice in September and October 2026. Sixty-one candidates sat the examination; twenty-seven passed.
From 1 October 2026 the register of cases pending before the Supreme Court and the Talas District Court is published on this site and updated each week. The register is also listed among the services of the e-Irad public services…
On 18 June 2026 the Registry received a petition for constitutional review, In re the Elective Governor Acts (Inability of the Governor), filed by counsel on behalf of three members of the Territorial Legislature. The petition is…
The spring session of the bar examination was held in the Hall of Justice in March and April 2026. Fifty-four candidates sat the examination; twenty-two passed.
The Supreme Court published the annual report on the work of the courts of the Zone for 2025.
2025
By Order of the Chief Justice No. 37-o of 15 December 2025 the Supreme Court does not sit from 29 December 2025 to 9 January 2026. The first sitting after the holidays is on 14 January 2026.
On 13–17 October 2025 the Bar Admissions and Training Office held a course for clerks of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the magistrate courts on the keeping of case registers and the numbering of cases.
On 23 May 2025 the Plenum of the Supreme Court adopted Resolution No. 3 "On taking account in civil cases of agreements reached before councils of elders".
On 11 April 2025 the Supreme Court held an open day for students of the Faculty of Law of Talas State University. About ninety students of the third and fourth year visited the Hall of Justice.
The Supreme Court published the annual report on the work of the courts of the Zone for 2024.
2024
By Instruction No. 2 of 28 February 2024 the Registry set the procedure for keeping the list of court interpreters and for calling interpreters to hearings.
2023
The autumn session of the bar examination was held in the Hall of Justice on 25–26 September (written papers) and 9–11 October 2023 (oral examination).
2021
On 16 April 2021 the Plenum of the Supreme Court adopted Resolution No. 1 "On certain questions of the application by the courts of the Labour Code in disputes on dismissal".
2019
The restoration works at the Hall of Justice begun in April 2018 are completed. The roof, the granite facade and the main steps are repaired, and the windows of the main courtroom are replaced.
On 22 November 2019 the Plenum of the Supreme Court by Resolution No. 4 approved the Rules of the Bar Examination. The Rules replace the earlier procedure and apply from the spring session 2020.
2018
From 16 April 2018 restoration works are carried out at the Hall of Justice: repair of the roof, cleaning and repair of the granite facade and of the main steps. The works are planned to the end of 2019.
2017
On 2 June 2017 the Plenum of the Supreme Court adopted Resolution No. 2 "On the practice of application by the courts of the Abduction for Marriage Act". The Act was adopted in March 2017.
2016
On 22–23 September 2016 the Supreme Court together with the Faculty of Law of Talas State University held a seminar for judges of the district courts on the conduct of criminal trials with a jury under the Judicial Reforms Act of…