Review and Comments on Typical Cases of Judicial Supervision

Author: Fan Chunming
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The trial supervision procedure is a program stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law, and Administrative Procedure Law for reviewing cases with effective judgments deemed to be in error according to law. The term "error" refers to procedural errors, which are recognized based on case file materials after the conclusion of litigation. Whether a case is truly in error must be ultimately determined after the trial. The trial supervision procedure is a mechanism for the court to internally correct erroneous judgments, making it a self-improvement mechanism for the court and a judicial remedy for the parties. By correcting erroneous judgments in accordance with the law, it maximizes the realization of judicial justice. Cases entering the trial supervision procedure are mostly complex and contentious, with significant disagreements in opinions. Some are new types of cases with little experience in handling them, leading to erroneous judgments; others involve inconsistencies between appellate and first-instance rulings, where the appellate court overturns the first-instance judgment; and others involve parties discovering new evidence that requires a retrial.