In this article, we intend to examine the duties and components
of the Administrative Court of Justice in Iran.
Moreover, we are going to discuss the legal and procedural system,
and last, we will discuss the scope of competency of the court.
Briefed history of the Administrative Justice Court in
Iran
For many years, governments were not accountable for their
practices toward their citizens. For this reason, even if the
citizens were affected by the actions of the governments or
government employees, the latter would not feel compelled to
compensate. However, contemporarily, this attitude is not
acceptable.
Correspondingly, according to principle No.173 of
Iran's Constitution Law, a special authority
to hear citizens' objections has been established by the
government called the "Court of Administrative
Justice"(The
"Court") as one of the
subsidiaries of the judiciary. Under Article 10 of the Law on the
Court of Administrative Justice, the jurisdiction
and
