Propose a reduction in Supreme Court Judge and amended terms
The number of judges at the Supreme Court should be reduced from seven to five, since the number of cases there has decreased significantly after the establishment of the National Court that no more judges are needed in the court. This is among those stated in the proposals of the Government Optimization Group, which presented its proposals today.
It is pointed out that the right has only judged on average in 30-60 cases a year, but despite this, the judges have only been reduced from nine to seven when Landsrett came into being in 2019.
It is uncommon for the Supreme Court to be fully appointed in cases, despite the fact that the court is exemplary, but only in particularly important cases have seven judges sitting in cases. However, the Supreme Court only addresses cases that are considered to have significant general value, had particularly important interests or that it is seen that the procedure for the lower courts has been greatly lacking or the judgment clearly wrong.
The optimization group believes that this change can deliver 100 million savings over a five -year period.
In addition, it is proposed that special Supreme Court judges' terms of retirement be abolished. The special elections are based on the interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution, where judges with the courts who have reached the age of 65 have requested to be released from work for the traditional retirement age. With that and the interpretation in question, the judges have received full salary throughout their lives instead of retirement, as would happen if they age. This was discussed in detail in the source last year and criticized the former judge for this arrangement harshly.
The optimization group does not consider the direct effect of abolishing these rights and it is unlikely that the savings will occur until after many years. In addition, changes that these probably require constitutional amendments and will not be retroactive. This may be implemented in 2029.
