The apex ordinary court, restored to its historic name in 2012. Beyond deciding review (felülvizsgálat) applications, it issues uniformity decisions binding on all courts and, since 2020, hears limited-precedent complaints where a lower court departs from published Curia decisions.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court
- Jurisdiction
- Hungary — review proceedings and binding uniformity decisions
- Seat
- Budapest
- Composition
- Judges in civil, criminal and administrative-labour divisions under a President elected by Parliament for nine years.
- Languages
- Hungarian
Where an appeal goes next
Constitutional complaint to the Constitutional Court.
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