Names of candidates for judges in Azerbaijani Supreme Court published

The judicial and legal council proposed the candidatures for judges of the Shirvan Court of Appeal Hajigaibov Imran, Farhad Kerimov; judges of the Baku Court of Appeal Ilgar Dadashov Saadat Bektashi, Mehpara Akhmedova, chairman of the Sabail District Court Gulzar Rzayeva and judges of the Supreme Court of Nakhchivan Hafiz Babayev to the Azerbaijani Supreme Court, according to the Azerbaijani Supreme Court.

Judicial powers of the judges of the Supreme Court Hajibala Sadigov, Muzaffar Aghazadeh, Nariman Huseynov, Ogtay Magsudov and Vidadi Gashimov expire in connection with retirement age. They were appointed judges to the Supreme Court in July 2000. The ten-year term of office ends in July this year.

During the meeting the council reviewed and evaluated the work of judges in higher and other courts, whose term expired. The panel of judges of higher courts of appeal and vacant positions were considered. The proposals on appointment of judges in these courts were made.

According to data presented at the official websites of the Supreme Court and appellate court, there are 7 judges who have reached retirement age at the Azerbaijani Supreme Court and the Baku Court of Appeal. Five of them are in the Supreme Court, two - in the Baku Court of Appeal.

According to the Article 96 of the law "Courts and Judges", a term of the first appointment as a judge is five years. The judge's activity is estimated at the end of this period.

The age limit of powers is extended to 65 years on the proposal of the Judicial-Legal Council in case of no deficiencies in the work. In the case of high level of professionalism on the proposal of the Judicial-Legal Council, the term may be extended to 70 years. If the term of judges'office ends while considering the case, their authority is extended until the end of the judicial process.

The item of the 96-th article of the Law "Courts and Judges" does not apply to judges appointed to the position prior to January 1, 2005, and they continue fulfilling thier powers.


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