Supreme Court of Georgia

The President of Georgia attended the event dedicated to the 120th anniversary of The Palace of Justice

Published: 12/11/2014

On 11 December, 2014, the ceremonial reception was held at the Supreme Court of Georgia, which was dedicated to the 120^th anniversary of The Palace of Justice.

The reception attended by: Giorgi Margvelashvili - the President of Georgia; the Representatives of Diplomatic Corps; Irina Chernyaeva - descendant of Aleksander Shimkevich, architect of the Supreme Court Building; Tinatin Kokochashvili – descendant of Br. Zubalashvili; Ekaterine Ergemlidze – descendant of Nodar Ergemlidze, the author of the plenary hall chandelier; Kote Memanishvili – the author of the sculptural composition, black and white sphere. The sphere is on the 4^th floor of the building and was created for the purpose of celebration the 100^th anniversary of the building.

120^th anniversary attended by the Government Officials, former judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

The Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia addressed to the guests with welcome speech.  Konstantine Kublashvili, while talking about the historical significance of the building, highlighted the achievement of those, who have contributed the maintenance of the present appearance of The Palace of Justice.

According to the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Georgia, antiquity of the building and its constancy, some way, must be related to the status of judges. ,,This building has already entered the third centenary with its existence and such feeling of constancy must be applied to the judges. The judges must be appointed termless and then, the judiciary will be stable and invariable.

Konstantine Kublashvili gave the symbolic presents to the honorary guests.

The President of Georgia addressed to the guests with welcome speech.  Giorgi Margvelashvili pointed out that it is important in the context of strengthening the state institutions to respect and assign the value to those institutions, which have a history in Georgia. The court is such an institution. Today we build such court, which is a guarantee of the stability of the country, peace and the truth. This is not an easy way. The court is the guarantor of the real protection of our rights and it needs the serious effort.

The guests were also addressed by the Ambassador of Poland.

The event was actively supported by the Embassy of Poland. By their initiative, there was organized an exhibition of posters of the buildings, which are framed by the projects of Shimkevich.

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