The Seoul Central District Court will hold a full judges' meeting on the 12th to discuss forming a dedicated panel for insurrection cases.
According to the Seoul Central District Court on the 8th, at 2 p.m. on the 12th the court will use a full judges' meeting chaired by the court president to discuss criteria for appointing warrant-only judges and forming dedicated panels under the Special Act on criminal procedures for crimes such as insurrection, treason, and rebellion.
The full judges' meeting had been scheduled for the 19th, before the Special Act took effect. However, it was said the meeting was moved up by a week because there is a need to promptly assign warrant-only judges in case warrant review cases under the Special Act are filed.
At this full judges' meeting, along with deliberation on the basic principles for the allocation of judicial duties this year, the court will discuss standards for forming dedicated panels, including the number of dedicated panels under the Special Act, the warrant-only judges, and the qualifications of judges who will compose the dedicated panels.
Depending on how the discussion proceeds, there is also a possibility of additional full judges' meetings.
Afterward, in line with the standards set by the full judges' meeting, the Seoul Central District Court's duty allocation committee must prepare a duty allocation plan within a week from the date the standards are established and obtain approval from the full judges' meeting. The Seoul Central District Court said, "We will make thorough preparations, including through the full judges' meeting, so that cases subject to the Special Act can be handled fairly and swiftly."
According to the statute promulgated and put into effect on the 6th, the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court must each establish two or more dedicated panels to hear cases subject to the Special Act. The newly established dedicated panels will be composed as "coequal panels" made up of three judges.
The Seoul High Court will also hold a full judges' meeting at 2 p.m. on the 15th chaired by the Seoul High Court president to deliberate on standards for forming dedicated panels and the basic principles for allocating judicial duties for 2026.