Supreme Court of Serbia

Supreme Court of Cassation Врховни касациони суд
Building of the Supreme Court of Cassation
Established	9 September 1846
Country	Serbia
Location	Belgrade, Nemanjina 9
Number of positions	24
Website	www.vk.sud.rs
President
Currently	Dragomir Milojević
Since	February 21, 2013

The Supreme Court of Cassation (Serbian: Врховни касациони суд/Vrhovni kasacioni sud) is the court of last resort in the Republic of Serbia. It is the court of which reviews and possibly overturns previous rulings made by lower courts. It was established in 1846 by a decree of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević. In the last 160 years since it was established, the Court has asserted its authority within judiciary in Serbia and beyond. The Supreme Court of Cassation is today authorized by the Constitution of Serbia and the Law on Organization of Courts.

The seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation is in Belgrade. The court is composed of 24 judges, one of them being the President of the Court. The current Acting President of the Supreme Court of Cassation is Dragomir Milojević.

The Supreme Land Court (Врховни суд земаљски) of the Principality of Serbia was formed in 1846 as the court of last resort by the decree of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević. It was composed of the President and four judges. The president and the judges were appointed by the Prince on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. This Court was a trial court, while the appeals were heard by the Prince himself.

The Supreme Court became the court of cassation (appellate court) in 1885 when it was renamed to The Most Glorious Supreme and Cassation Court (Високославниј Врховниј и Касациониј Суд). The Court had a President and eight judges with two chambers. After the reorganization in 1858, the Court was reformed to The Most Glorious Court of Cassation ant it lost the original jurisdiction, becoming solely the appellate court. The composition of the Court remained the same as before the reorganization. It heard the cases in civil law, criminal law, and cases involving the conflict of jurisdiction between the military, police and civil courts.