Article 18. Powers of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be deemed the highest judicial authority in the field of civil, criminal, economic and administrative court proceedings.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have the right to supervise the judicial activities of lower courts.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:

consider cases within its competence as a court of first, appellate and cassation instances, including repeatedly in a cassation court, as well as with respect to newly discovered circumstances;

consider topical issues of judicial practice at the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and provide clarifications on the application of legislation;

study the organizational activities of military courts, the Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city courts, the Administrative Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, administrative courts of regions and the city of Tashkent, inter-district, district, city courts;

exercise control over the implementation by the courts of the clarifications of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

carry out a systematic analysis of judicial practice and judicial statistics;

organize work with respect to advanced training of judges and employees of the court apparatus.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan may exercise other powers in accordance with the law.