APPEAL AND CASSATION: THE ROLE OF THESE HIGHER INSTANCES IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

This article examines the general conditions for verifying the legality, validity, and fairness of sentences, rulings, and decisions reflected in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Also, the amendments and additions made to the procedure for appealing (protesting) the verdict and ruling of the court of first instance in the appellate procedure and appealing (protesting) the court’s decision and ruling in the cassation procedure, the essence of the reforms, their significance in the theory and practice of criminal procedure law, as well as theoretical provisions, concepts and opinions about their place in the activities of criminal justice. At the same time, a comparative analysis of the interrelationship of civil court review instances and these procedures is presented. From the point of view of new norms of criminal procedure legislation, this scientific work sets out the modern legal foundations of the institutions for reviewing court decisions in criminal cases - appeal and cassation, as well as the grounds for canceling or amending court decisions. In order to reveal the relevance of the topic, the author pays special attention to the opinions of procedural scholars cited in a number of educational and scientific literature on the science and field of criminal procedure law, the analysis of the situation that has arisen in recent years - the need to review judicial acts, the powers and duties of judges in judicial practice.