Supreme Court of Afghanistan
| Supreme Court of Afghanistan |
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|---|---|
| ستره محكمه | |
| Established | January 4, 2004 |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Location | Great Massoud Road, Kabul |
| Authorized by | Constitution of Afghanistan |
| Judge term length | 10 |
| No. of positions | 9 |
| Website | http://supremecourt.gov.af/en |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Sayed Yousuf Halim |
Coordinates: 34°32′16″N 69°11′39″E / 34.537818°N 69.194099°E
Supreme Court of Afghanistan or Stera Mahkama (Pashto: ستره محكمه) is the court of last resort in Afghanistan. It was created by the Constitution of Afghanistan, which was approved on January 4, 2004. Its creation was called for by the Bonn Agreement, which read in part:
Currently, the nine-member court is made up of the following justices:
The nine justices on the tribunal are appointed for 10-year terms by the President of Afghanistan, with the approval of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the nation's legislature. The President selects one of the nine members to serve as Chief Justice. The constitution allows for judges to be trained in either civil or Islamic law. Matters of law with no provision in the constitution or other standing laws shall be judged by the Hanafi jurisprudence. The judiciary shall apply the Shia school of law in cases dealing with personal matters of those who are of the Shia sect, where applicable.
The Court was previously dominated by conservative religious figures and the former Chief Justice, Faisal Ahmad Shinwari, in particular was described as "ultra conservative." Several of its rulings disappointed reform-minded Afghans and people in the Western world. For instance:
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