On February 22, speaking at the 13th concluding conference of Tatarstan judges with participation of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the republic Ilgiz Gilazov, Chairman of Federal Arbitration Court of Volga district Yury Glazov and Head of Judicial Department of the republic Zyavdat Salikhov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the work of judges relates to all areas of public relations and is very important especially for socially vulnerable categories of citizens.
Gilazov said that the regional courts considered 857,000 cases and case files in 2018, which is one per cent less than in the previous year.
At the same time, justices of the peace considered 550,000 cases, which makes 64 per cent of the total amount, regional and city courts - 261,000 cases and the Supreme Court of Tatarstan considered 46,000 cases.
As many as 15,000 people were prosecuted last year. The share of persons, whose criminal cases were dismissed, amounted to 22 per cent. A total of 58 people were acquitted.
Speaking about the tasks for 2019, Gilazov said that the mandatory audio recording of court sessions for all types of proceedings will be introduced.
Salikhov said that more than 2.6 billion roubles were funded to the judiciary in the republic during the reported year, including 2.5 billion roubles for the maintenance of courts.
Speaking at the meeting, Minnikhanov emphasized the importance of judicial protection of children's rights and added that issues of resolving violations of using areas around the hazardous production facilities are of great importance today. The problem of ensuring free access of citizens to water bodies and the riverside also remains relevant.
He also said that since January of the current year, the law on changes in the pension system came into force and envisages the phased increase of the retirement age, which results in increasing the number of working citizens.
In this regard, a number of measures have been taken to provide additional benefits and social support measures for citizens of pre-retirement age. Tatarstan President supposed that the implementation of new legislation in the absence of practice in its implementing can lead to dispute and citizens will go to court. The primary task is to protect the rights of citizens to receive state guarantees provided by the state, Minnikhanov emphasized.
At the end of the meeting, Minnikhanov handed in awards to the most distinguished employees of the judicial system of the republic.