FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of February 5, 2014 No. 3-FKZ

About the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Approved by the State Duma of the Russian Federation on January 24, 2014

Approved by Council of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2014

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Federal constitutional Law

This Federal constitutional Law according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Federal constitutional Law of December 31, 1996 No. 1-FKZ "About judicial system of the Russian Federation" (further - the Federal constitutional Law "About Judicial System of the Russian Federation") determines powers, procedure for education and activities of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Article 2. Powers of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

1. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is the supreme judicial authority on civil cases, cases on resolution of economic disputes, the criminal, administrative and other cases, cognizable courts formed according to the Federal constitutional Law "About Judicial System of the Russian Federation" and the Federal Laws.

2. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation performs in the procedural forms provided by the Federal Law judicial supervision behind activity of the courts formed according to the Federal constitutional Law "About Judicial System of the Russian Federation" and the Federal Laws, considering civil cases, cases on resolution of economic disputes, criminal, administrative and other cases, cognizable to the specified courts, as Supervisory Court, and also within the competence of quality of court of appeal and cassation instances.

3. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considers carried to its jurisdiction of the case as Trial Court and on new or to newly discovered facts.

4. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considers administrative cases as Trial Court:

1) about contest of regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, federal executive bodies, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Judicial department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Central bank of the Russian Federation, Russian Central Election Commission, state non-budgetary funds, including the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund, and also the state corporations;

1. 1) about contest of acts of federal executive bodies, other federal state bodies, the Central bank of the Russian Federation, state non-budgetary funds, including the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund which are containing explanations of the legislation and having normative properties;

2) about contest of substandard legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Government of the Russian Federation, Russian Government Commission on Foreign Investments;

2. 1) about contest of substandard legal acts of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, other federal executive bodies in which the Federal Law provides military service, the concerning rights, freedoms and interests of the military personnel, the citizens undergoing military charges protected by the law;

2. 2) about the contest of substandard legal acts of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation concerning the rights, freedoms and the interests of the military personnel of bodies of military prosecutor's office and military personnel of military investigating bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation protected by the law;

3) about contest of decisions of the Highest qualification board of judges of the Russian Federation and decisions of qualification boards of judges of subjects of the Russian Federation on suspension or the termination of powers of judges or on suspension or the termination of their resignation, and also other decisions of qualification boards of judges which appeal is provided in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation by the Federal Law;

4) about contest of decisions and actions (failure to act) of the Highest examination committee for acceptance of qualification examination on judgeship in the bases of violation of the procedure of holding qualification examination, about contest of its decisions on refusal in the admission to passing qualification examination on judgeship, and also about contest of actions (failure to act) of the specified examination committee as a result of which the candidate for judgeship was not allowed to passing qualification examination;

5) about suspension of operations of political parties, all-Russian and international public associations, about liquidation of political parties, all-Russian and international public associations, about liquidation of the centralized religious organizations having the local religious organizations in the territories of two and more subjects of the Russian Federation;

6) about the termination of activities of mass media which products are intended for distribution in the territories of two and more subjects of the Russian Federation;

7) about contest of decisions (evasion from decision making) Russian Central Election Commission (irrespective of the level of elections, referendum), except for the decisions upholding decisions of subordinate electoral commissions, commissions of referendum;

8) about cancellation of registration of the candidate for President of the Russian Federation, about cancellation of registration of the federal candidate list, about cancellation of registration of the candidate included in the registered federal candidate list and also about exception of regional group of candidates of the federal candidate list in case of elections of deputies of the State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

9) about the termination of activities of initiative group for holding referendum of the Russian Federation, initiative propaganda group;

10) about disbandment of Russian Central Election Commission;

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