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The Supreme Court Building, designed by Foster and Partners, which commenced operations on 20 June 2005 – photographed in August 2006. The judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore work in the Supreme Court and the State Courts (known up to 6 March 2014 as the Subordinate Courts) to hear and determine disputes between litigants in civil cases and, in criminal matters, to determine the ...
The State Courts of Singapore (formerly the Subordinate Courts) [1] is one of the three categories of courts in Singapore, the other categories being the Supreme Court and Family Justice Courts. The State Courts comprise the District and Magistrate Courts—both of which oversee civil and criminal matters—as well as specialised courts such as ...
Judicial Commissioners of Singapore (3 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Jury trials were abolished in 1969 and the Criminal Procedure Code was amended in 1992 to allow for trials of capital offences to be heard before a single judge. [1] The Court of Appeal is Singapore's final court of appeal after the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London was abolished in April 1994.
He pleaded guilty on 24 January 2022 to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the High Court, and the boy was remanded at the Singapore Boys' Home for five years at the time of arrest. This was the first case where a minor committed murder, culpable homicide, attempted murder or causing grievous hurt.
Judges of the Supreme Court of Singapore (3 C, 21 P) Pages in category "Singaporean judges" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The High Court consists of the Chief Justice and the Judges of the High Court, [33] together with Judicial Commissioners who have the same powers and immunities as High Court Judges. [ 34 ] When hearing an appeal, the Court of Appeal normally sits with a bench of three Judges of Appeal, one of whom is the Chief Justice.
The Supreme Court of Singapore is the nation's superior court of record. [18] It is superior in the sense that its jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases is unlimited compared to the Subordinate Courts of Singapore, and it hears appeals from lower courts.