Section 224: Appeal Against Refusal to Accept Dika

Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section

1. Supreme Court Judgment No. 3399/2568 (2025)

   A defendant may appeal the trial court's refusal to accept a fact-question Dika by petition to the Supreme Court under Section 224; where the court failed to notify the defendant of the refusal, the procedure is defective.

   After the trial court refused the defendant's fact-question Dika, the Supreme Court noted the defendant could have appealed that refusal by petition under Section 224, and that the court's failure to notify the defendant of the refusal made the procedure defective.

2. Supreme Court Judgment No. 7207/2567 (2024)

   Where the trial court accepts a Dika on one charge but refuses it on others, the defendant may appeal the refusal by petition to the Supreme Court under Section 224; failure to notify the defendant of the refusal is a defective procedure.

   The trial court accepted the Dika only on one sexual offense charge and refused the rest. The Supreme Court noted the defendant could have appealed the refusal by petition under Section 224, and that the trial court's failure to notify him of the refusal made the procedure defective.

3. Supreme Court Judgment No. 4337/2565 (2022)

   If defendants disagree with the trial court's refusal to accept their Dika, the proper remedy is a petition appealing the order to the Supreme Court within fifteen days under Section 224, not an informal petition asking the Supreme Court to accept the Dika.

   The defendants asked the Supreme Court to accept their Dika by an informal petition citing a settlement with the plaintiff. The Supreme Court held the proper course was a petition appealing the refusal order within fifteen days under Section 224, and dismissed the informal petition.

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