THE PROCEDURAL STATUS OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF CRIMINAL CASES ON THE MERITS
The Code of Criminal Procedure determines the place of the court in the implementation of the tasks of criminal proceedings and the implementation of its purpose. Occupying a central place in the system of criminal proceedings, the court is called upon to implement the criminal proceedings specified in the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens in the course of administering justice. Therefore, the content of the status of the court established by the procedural law, its duties, the limits of authority and the legal means granted to it largely depends on the effectiveness of solving the problems assigned to criminal proceedings.