Judiciary »The total cost of litigation in legal and criminal cases is high

According to the Judiciary Public Relations Department, Hojjatoleslam and Muslims Mohseni Ejei in a meeting with the head and officials of the Bar Center, officials and family advisors of the Judiciary, referring to the virtue of Rajab al-Marjab and congratulations on the Fajr holidays, said: The judiciary is a pillar and an organized group. It is one of the various components that the actions and functions of these different components, including judges, lawyers, experts, officers, etc., are interconnected and complementary to each other. .

The head of the judiciary, referring to the importance of the issue of expertise in the judicial process and handling judicial cases, said: “Official experts of the judiciary have an effective and undeniable role in discovering the truth and helping judges to issue sound and documented opinions.”

The head of the judiciary considered the role of experts in the realization of justice very important and stated: many judicial opinions are based on expert theories; Therefore, the matter of expertise is as serious as judgment.

The Chief Justice considered the equipping of official experts of the judiciary with up-to-date knowledge and awareness to be necessary due to the fact that many things are new and said: Our experts are constantly updating themselves on issues in their area of ​​expertise so that they can provide more documented and wise opinions to judges.

Hojjat-ul-Islam and Muslims Mohseni Ejei attributed some problems in the judicial process, including delays, to incorrect expertise, stating: Is.

The head of the judiciary added: “Unnecessary and incorrect referrals of cases to experts also play a role in creating problems in the process of handling judicial cases and prolonging the trial.”

Conflicting expert reports on a single subject; Creating rents in the subject of cases referred to experts; Lack of documentation in the file referred to the expert; Simultaneous acceptance of referral cases by an expert, etc. is part of the harms and problems of the expert process, which was mentioned in this meeting by the head of the judiciary.

Accordingly, the Chief Justice instructed the Bar and Experts Center to take practical and comprehensive action as soon as possible in order to organize the process and mechanism of expertise in judicial cases and the transparency of expert processes.

In this regard, the head of the judiciary, in response to the words of “Peyman Palizgir”, the deputy expert of the center, who announced the operation of the “intelligent expert referral system” within the next 2 months, said: Proceedings and expediting the expertise of cases, as well as the transparency and oversight of the expertise process, are among the necessities that must be seriously pursued.

Hojjat-ul-Islam and Muslims Mohseni Ejei, referring to the importance of the role of lawyers, considered the institution of advocacy as one of the pillars of fair trial and said: “Advocacy and judgment are the two wings of justice in human society. The performance of the judge in the process of handling cases is not hidden from anyone.

The head of the judiciary further instructed the Bar Association and experts to take action to reduce the costs of litigation, advocacy and formal expertise for the general public, especially the poor.

Emphasizing that we must move towards reducing the costs of litigation, advocacy and formal expertise for the general public, especially the poor, he said: “The total cost of litigation in legal and criminal cases is high; Sometimes some people refuse to get a lawyer or apply for an expertise due to limited financial resources, and this may negatively affect their rights, so it is necessary to reduce the costs of litigation, obtaining a lawyer and applying for an expertise as much as possible.

The Chief Justice further advised the officials and members of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary to provide better services with work discipline and progressive and high professions, appropriate and ethical treatment of people and clients and adopting solutions to reduce the costs of advocacy and expertise. To the people and to help the judiciary in the development of justice and the realization of the rights of the people and the oppressed more than before.

The head of the judiciary, referring to the importance of education and the up-to-dateness of the judiciary, from judges and legislators to lawyers and experts, said: “Many issues are new and innovative, and the rulings of some other issues and categories may be Different time periods are different; For example, in criminal matters, penalties and deterrents may be different at one time or another; Accordingly, the up-to-dateness of those in charge of the judiciary and the provision of efficient and modern training to them is an undeniable necessity.

Hojjat-ul-Islam and Muslims Mohseni Ejei considered the pathology of some processes and processes in the Bar Center, official experts and family advisors of the judiciary necessary and advised the officials of this center not to neglect the innovative and creative methods of the media to explain their achievements to the people and society.

* Easy access to public services for the judiciary, including advocacy and expertise, is one of the philosophy of the Bar Association, official experts and family counselors of the judiciary.

Before the speech of the head of the Judiciary, Hassan Abdolianpour, the head of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary, in his speech, said that the lawyers of this center are the basis of the lawyers’ work and said: Judiciary family counselors provide people with easy access to judicial services, including law and expertise.

The head of the Bar Association, official experts and family counselors of the Judiciary, referring to the number of specialized areas of advocacy by this center, the positive, continuous and constructive interaction of 62 expert boards and lawyers of the Judiciary Center, official experts and family counselors of the Judiciary with courts across the country. informed.

Abdolianpour also referred to the orders of the head of the judiciary in the period of transformation and excellence on smart referral and organizing the quality and time of the expert process and said: following the emphasis and orders of the head of the judiciary, And the completion of this system will be achieved in another 2 months.

He expressed the hope that by using this system, we will see a system of fair referral of experts throughout the country.

“Yadegari”, the disciplinary prosecutor of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors of the judiciary, also spoke about the structure and organization of the disciplinary prosecutor’s office, as well as the actions, achievements and challenges of this department.

“Palizgir”, the deputy experts of the Bar Center, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary, also announced the establishment of the Expert Transformation Committee in this center and stated that the launch and use of the 1515 intelligent referral system is a concern once and for all. And will solve the challenges in the field of expertise of the cases, he said: not appearing in person and doing things online, preventing the delay of the trial and speeding up the expertise of the cases, reducing the expertise time to more than half and also the transparency and controllability of the expertise process. This is one of the advantages of launching this smart system.

Fattahi, the deputy director of the Bar Association, official experts and family counselors of the judiciary, also presented a report on the process of holding the center’s bar and bachelor’s exam in 1400.

Soleimani Amiri, Chairman of the High Council of Experts of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary, also presented a report on the activities and actions of the 7 specialized commissions of the High Council of Experts.

Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, Chairman of the High Council of Lawyers, Officials, Experts and Family Counselors of the Judiciary, also referred to the advisory role of the council and called for measures to be taken to remove the decisions of the lawyers present in the High Council of Lawyers. To be more effective.

“Ghaneh,” the deputy lawyer of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary, also stated in this meeting: “Over the past three years, 21,000 lawyers have been added to the center’s lawyers, and today the number of these lawyers has reached 46,000.”

He also praised the head of the judiciary for appointing the head of the Bar Association, official experts and family advisors to the judiciary from within the legal community, and called the repeated actions of some media outlets in presenting negative propaganda against lawyers inappropriate.

“Fazli”, the Deputy Inspector and Provincial Affairs of the Lawyers’ Center, official experts and family advisors of the Judiciary also presented a report on the activities of this deputy in the two areas of inspection and supervision, as well as activities in the provinces.

Hojjatoleslam Ebrahimi, Deputy Chief of Family Counselors of the Bar Association, official experts and family counselors of the Judiciary, also stated in a speech: Due to the recruitment process that took place in 1999, the number of family counselors of the Judiciary will soon reach more than 2,000.