The Plenary Session of the Supreme Court indicated the exit from the judiciary to five more judges, while the supreme judges treated another colleague with leniency and sensitivity, considering the serious and recurring health problems he faces as well as the fact that in the midst of these problems he succeeded and zeroed out the delays he had in the issuance of pending cases.
The Disciplinary Plenary of the Supreme Court, under the chairmanship of Ioanna Klapa-Christodouleas and with the participation of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Georgia Adelini, was concerned with the question of the permanent suspension of judges, for inadequacy in exercising judicial functions, due to the many delays in issuing decisions for a long period of time.
In particular, it was unanimously terminated permanently, with the possibility of being able to work in the public sector of the Court of First Instance, the wife of a lawyer, who was showing delays from the first moment of her entry into the judiciary, as a paredor.
“I was reading my child”
According to the annual inspection reports, the delays ranged from 36 to 130 cases per year, while case files were repeatedly removed from it due to delay and protests were made by the Bar Association, as well as by the parties regarding the delay in handling the cases.
When asked by the president why she did not make sure to cover her delays during the pandemic when the courts were underfunctioning, the answer was that she was reading to her child.
He also stated that the delays are due to many personal reasons, but also to the fact that the decisions he issues are not sketchy, that a large number of decisions were charged and that he has reduced the backlog.
Health problems and indulgence
The decision of the Plenary of the Supreme Court was different for one, which had long delays.
According to the areopagite rapporteur, the Court of First Instance had long delays in the previous years, but according to the latest inspection report the delays had almost disappeared and she suggested that it should not be stopped, as there is no reason.
Addressing the chief justices herself, she said that she had been dealing with a succession of very serious chronic health problems for a long time, had undergone surgeries and had been on sick leave for 11 months. Then she broke her arm and was in a cast. Despite all this, he was able to cancel the delays.
The Plenary unanimously decided that he should not be fired, as he has corrected the negative image he had created.
The Plenary was occupied with another case of a former first instance judge who was permanently terminated by the judiciary due to insufficiency (delays) and was judged not to be sufficient to be appointed to the State.
In the year 2020, she requested a retrial of her trial at the Disciplinary Plenary citing that she was not present during the discussion, although she had been summoned to the hearing at the time. At that time, her request for a retrial was rejected.
Now she has come back with a new request for a retrial, citing new and unknown facts and asking for a former judge to be examined as a witness for her defense.
As new evidence, among others, she cited that she received a license to practice law, but during the process of issuing it there were problems with the services of the Ministry of Justice, that she tried to work as a lawyer 3 years after her dismissal, but could not and that he deals with finances etc. problems.
The former Court of First Instance’s request for a retrial was rejected, due to the lack of new evidence, but she was given the opportunity to be appointed to the State.
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