Home » Supreme Court
The Jurisdiciton of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the Federal Governemnt of Somalia shall have the jurisdiction to hear all appeal cases against judgments of Appeal Courts, all administrative cases, reviewing its own judgments. It shall also exercise any other function as may be granted to it by the laws such as deciding jurisdiction of adjudication cases between ordinary Courts. According to Article 5 of the Organization of Judiciary Law, the cases before the Supreme Court are heard by full bench or division bench. The division bench of the Supreme Court consists of three judges and shal have jurisdiction to hear appeal cases against judgment given by any court in its appellate jurisdiction or against judgments given by it from which appeals lie directly to the Supreme Court itself such as administrative cases, consitituional cases and cases relating to electoral disputes which the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear and decide until the Constitutional Court is established.