judiciary of Bhutan

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The judiciary of Bhutan is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the country’s laws and constitution through its system of courts.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
judiciary of Bhutan canonical 2
Judicial branch of Bhutan 1
Judiciary of Bhutan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
aimsTo administer justice fairly and efficiently ⓘ
uphold constitutional monarchy ⓘ
appliesLaw Bhutanese statutory law ⓘ
constitutional provisions of Bhutan ⓘ
relevant customary law ⓘ
appointmentProcessInvolves Druk Gyalpo ⓘ
National Judicial Commission of Bhutan ⓘ
characteristic judicial independence ⓘ
collaboratesWith Office of the Attorney General of Bhutan ⓘ
Royal Bhutan Police ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 21 of the Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
duty adjudication of civil cases ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
settlement of disputes between citizens and the state ⓘ
ensures protection of fundamental rights in Bhutan ⓘ
rule of law in Bhutan ⓘ
governedBy Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
hasFeature court of final appeal ⓘ
hierarchical court structure ⓘ
subordinate courts at district level ⓘ
subordinate courts at sub-district level ⓘ
hasHead Chief Justice of Bhutan ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
headedBy Chief Justice of Bhutan ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Bhutan ⓘ
includesCourt Dungkhag Courts ⓘ
Dzongkhag Courts ⓘ
High Court of Bhutan ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bhutan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Dzongkha ⓘ
legalSystemType customary law influences ⓘ
mixed legal system ⓘ
statutory law ⓘ
locationCountry Bhutan ⓘ
overseenBy National Judicial Commission of Bhutan ⓘ
partOf Government of Bhutan ⓘ
responsibleFor application of laws ⓘ
application of the Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
interpretation of laws ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution of Bhutan ⓘ
separateFrom Executive branch of Bhutan ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bhutan ⓘ
supervises administration of justice in Bhutan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Government of Bhutan → branch → judicial branch of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
High Court of Bhutan → partOf → Judiciary of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
High Court of Bhutan → branchOfGovernment → Judicial branch of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Bhutan
Royal Bhutan Police → cooperatesWith → judiciary of Bhutan ⓘ