High Court of Justice when sitting on petitions against public authorities

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The High Court of Justice, in this context, is the Supreme Court of Israel acting as the primary judicial forum for reviewing and adjudicating petitions against actions and decisions of public authorities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court function ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
allows direct petitions by individuals ⓘ
petitions by organizations ⓘ
petitions by public interest groups ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bagatz ⓘ
High Court of Justice (HCJ) ⓘ
appeal its decisions are generally final ⓘ
bindingForce its judgments bind all public authorities in Israel ⓘ
canAnnul unlawful administrative decisions ⓘ
canIssue declaratory judgments ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ
interim orders ⓘ
mandamus-like orders ⓘ
orders absolute ⓘ
orders nisi ⓘ
canReview primary legislation in light of Basic Laws (according to later jurisprudence) ⓘ
composition justices of the Supreme Court of Israel ⓘ
country State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
historicalOrigin derived from the British Mandate High Court of Justice model ⓘ
jurisdiction Israel ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis Israeli Basic Laws and ordinary legislation ⓘ
legalSystem Israeli legal system ⓘ
location Jerusalem ⓘ
panelSize can be expanded to larger panels in important cases ⓘ
usually three justices ⓘ
partOf Supreme Court of Israel ⓘ
primaryFunction adjudication of petitions against state authorities ⓘ
judicial review of actions of public authorities ⓘ
protection of individual rights against unlawful administrative action ⓘ
procedure petitions usually filed directly to the court ⓘ
reviews actions of the Israel Defense Forces in certain contexts ⓘ
actions of the police ⓘ
decisions of administrative agencies ⓘ
decisions of government ministries ⓘ
decisions of local authorities ⓘ
decisions of national regulatory bodies ⓘ
role guardian of the rule of law in relation to public authorities ⓘ
protection of minorities and vulnerable groups in public law matters ⓘ
seat Supreme Court of Israel building, Jerusalem ⓘ
standardOfReview legality ⓘ
proportionality ⓘ
reasonableness of administrative decisions ⓘ
subjectMatter administrative law ⓘ
constitutional issues ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
public law ⓘ

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