Supreme Court of Bhutan
The Supreme Court of Bhutan (དངོན་མཐོ་ཁྲིམས་འདུན་ས།) is the Kingdom of Bhutan's highest court of review and interpreter of the Constitution.
The main vision of Supreme Court of Bhutan is to create a free, fair, just, and harmonious society through effective resolution of disputes and expeditious dispensation of justice.[1]
The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice and four Drangpons (Associate Justices). Its appellate jurisdiction is accompanied by a limited original jurisdiction on questions of such a nature and public importance that "it is expedient to obtain the opinion of the Supreme Court". The
The National Judicial Commission (4 persons) is chaired by the Chief Justice of Bhutan. The senior-most Drangpon of the Supreme Court also holds one position on the Commission.[3]
Lists of Chief Justices
# | Name | Began | Ended | Tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye[4] (November 14, 1949 – ) |
21 February 2010 | 14 November 2014 | 5 years, 10 months |
2 | Dasho Tshering Wangchuk[5] | 28 November 2014 | 2019 | |
3 | Lyonpo Chogyal Dago Rigdzin[6] | June 2020 | Incumbent |
See also
- High Court of Bhutan
- Dzongkhag Court
- Dungkhag Court
- Constitution of Bhutan
- Politics of Bhutan
- Judicial system of Bhutan
- Judiciary
Notes
- ^ "Judiciary Of Bhutan | Supreme Court". www.judiciary.gov.bt. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ a b c Constitution of Bhutan Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 21, §§ 2–10, 15
- ^ Constitution of Bhutan Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 21, § 17
- ^ Dechen Dolkar (15 November 2014). "Chief Justice retires". Thimphu: The Journalist. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Dasho Tshering Wangchuk is Supreme Court's new Chief Justice". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "His Majesty Grants Dakyen to the new Chief Justice". Bhutan Broadcasting service. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
References
- "The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
External links
- "༄༅།།འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ།།" [The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan] (PDF) (in Dzongkha). Government of Bhutan. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- "Royal Court of Justice of Bhutan". Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- "Laws of Bhutan". Bhutannica. Retrieved 2010-10-19.