Supreme Court adjusts its operation before transition
Since this week, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) suspended its members’ turn for files not classified as urgent. This decision will affect hundreds of judicial processes, which will be on hold until the new integration of the High Court takes office next September.
Measures to reduce workload
The measure is part of a strategy of the Plenary to progressively reduce the activities of the current court, which also includes the reduction of public sessions to vote on resolutions. According to the General Agreement published, only the cases specified in its sixth recital, entered between April 16 and August 15, 2025, will be assigned to presentations.
“The remaining files, once admitted by presidential agreement, will be reserved for the next judicial integration to define their treatment,” the document states.
Cases that will maintain priority
Among the urgent matters that will continue processing are: amparos linked to minors, people in prison, agrarian or labor conflicts, challenges to electoral laws and requests for provisional suspensions. Tax, commercial, civil or criminal files without deprivation of liberty, among others, are excluded from this procedure.
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