A new innovation by Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary.

Following numerous restrictions on accepting the application of Article 477 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which according to its executive directive, effectively initiates the process of Supreme Court rulings through the Chief Justice of the provinces, the current Chief Justice of Tehran does not accept this request from lawyers!

During Mohseni Ejei's tenure as the head of the judiciary, we faced another phenomenon: the requirement for the judge or judges handling a case to provide their opinion on a matter where the plaintiff argues that the ruling is contrary to Sharia and requests a re-examination from the Chief Justice.

In clearer terms, the judges, who themselves may be under scrutiny for issuing a ruling contrary to Sharia, must provide their opinions at this stage. The Chief Justice of the relevant province then takes preliminary decisions. If they find the plaintiff's complaint and arguments valid, only then do they propose applying this article to the Judicial Assistant to the Chief Justice.

After all these preliminary stages, where many requests are rejected, if the report from the relevant province is approved by that department, it is then presented to the Chief Justice. If the Chief Justice approves the totality of the reports, it is referred back to the Supreme Court for substantive or formal re-examination.

In practice, with all these strictures and bureaucratic hurdles, it seems that the current judiciary has little faith in utilizing this legal option, except in very rare cases.