At a court on medical incident at Hoa Binh General Hospital (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Many majorcorruption cases were handled swiftly and strictly in the first half of 2018,winning the support of the public, heard a press conference held by the SupremePeople’s Court in Hanoi on June 20.
During the period, courts dealt with193,133 out of 304,348 cases they received, or 63.5 percent. Most of theremaining are in the process of settlement.
The figures represented year-on-yearincreases of 13,582 cases sent to the courts, and 6,821 resolved cases.
The rate of verdicts and decisionswhich were scrapped or amended by the courts was 1.02 percent, within the limitset by the National Assembly.
There were no unfair verdicts issuedduring the January-June period, the court claimed.
While addressing civil andadministrative cases, the courts have made efforts to minimise overdue casesand ensure the judgement quality.
The Supreme People’s Court pilotedthe renovation and intensification of reconciliation and dialogues in handlingcases in the northern city of Hai Phong.
Reconciliation centres successfullymediated 61.4 percent of cases they received after three months of pilotimplementation. The Supreme People’s Court will review the model after thesix-month pilot, aiming to roll out the model nationwide.
However, there still remainlimitations such as the low rate of handled administrative cases, the slow synchronousapplication of laws in some areas and staff shortages, heard the conference.
Additionally, Chief Judge of theSupreme People’s Court Nguyen Hoa Binh cleared up some issues of public concernin recent times.-VNA
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