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SCJ President and Spanish Minister of Justice discuss judicial issues of both nations

SCJ establishes the scope of the sanctioning power in Law No. 358-05 General Law for the Protection of Consumer or User Rights.

SCJ establishes that the existence of a pending litigation on registered rights does not justify the annulment of an adjudication judgment.

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice established in its ruling dated June 30, 2021, that the granting of sanctioning powers to the public administration is a matter reserved to the law, "that is to say, that our Magna Carta has created as a citizen guarantee that it is the law that establishes or ... Read More

Judicial Branch begins process to implement ISO 9001 Quality Standard

Implementation of iso quality standard

The process of implementation of this standard consists of several stages that will cover from May of this year until March 2022, where internal and external audits will be made, as well as preparation of personnel to achieve the certification of the Quality Standard. The Judicial Branch began this Tuesday the process of ISO 9001:2015, which aims to implement a new Quality Standard for the ... Read More

CPJ extends jurisdiction and deadline for appealing decisions on reconsideration

CPJ broad competence

By Resolution No. 016/2020, the Judicial Power Council modifies Articles 97 and 98 of the Judicial Administrative Career Regulations in relation to the decisions that may be appealed in reconsideration and extends from 20 to 30 days the term to file such appeal. SANTO DOMINGO (RD). -The Judicial Power Council (CPJ) modified articles 97 and 98 of the Judicial Administrative ... Read More

CPJ approves modification of the Regulations that organize the Judicial Scale and the Provision of Judicial Positions

Modification of the regulations that organize the career ladder

This modification was made within the framework of the project of: Strengthening of the Judicial Career, provided for in the Institutional Strategic Plan Vision Justice 20/24. The Judicial Council approved, through Resolution No. 001-2021, the modification to the Regulation that establishes the judicial career ladder system and the provision of judicial career positions, applicable to all judges of the Dominican PJ. The preparation of the judicial career ladder takes ... Read more

Businessmen and judicial actors of the northern region value the actions of the Judicial Branch

Businessmen and Judicial Actors

Business groups and judicial actors in the northern region on Wednesday valued the actions taken by the Judiciary for the administration of justice in the midst of the pandemic during the meeting "Compromiso Santiago", which took place in the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the Palace of Justice of Santiago, in the ... Read more

Judiciary Council and Environment sign agreement to provide land titles to protected areas

Judicial Council and Environment

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), Magistrate Luis Henry Molina and Minister Orlando Jorge Mera highlighted that the agreement will also strengthen legal security Santo Domingo. - The Judicial Power Council (CPJ) and the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources signed an agreement on Friday to set up a space for the ... Read More

Judicial Branch socializes regulations for strengthening the Judicial Career System with lawyers, notaries and Public Defenders

The Project for the Strengthening of the Judicial Career System/Judicial Ladder includes all members of the judicial career, based on seniority in the service, the results of the performance evaluation and merits, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the applicable laws and their regulations. ... Read more