Indexed passage in the Constitution of Israel

15. Supreme Court a. The seat of the Supreme Court is Jerusalem. b. The Supreme Court shall hear appeals against judgments and other decisions of the District Courts.  Supreme court powers c. The Supreme Court shall sit also as a High Court of Justice. When so sitting, it shall hear matters in which it deems it necessary to grant relief for the sake of justice and which are not within the jurisdiction of another court (beit mishpat or beit din).  Supreme court powers d. Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (c), the Supreme Court sitting as a High Court of Justice shall be competent -  Supreme court powers 1. to make orders for the release of persons unlawfully detained or imprisoned. 2. to order State and local authorities and the officials and bodies thereof, and other persons carrying out public functions under law, to do or refrain from doing any act in the lawful exercise of their functions or, if they were improperly elected or appointed, to refrain from acting; 3. to order courts (batei mishpat and batei din) and bodies and persons having judicial or quasi- judicial powers under law, other than courts dealt with by this Law and other than religious courts (batei din), to hear, refrain from hearing, or continue hearing a particular matter or to void a proceeding improperly taken or a decision improperly given; 4. to order religious courts (batei din) to hear a particular matter within their jurisdiction or to refrain from hearing or continue hearing a particular matter not within their jurisdiction, provided that the court shall not entertain an application under this paragraph if the applicant did not raise the question of jurisdiction at the earliest opportunity; and if he had no reasonable opportunity to raise the question of jurisdiction until a decision had been given by a religious court (beit din), the court may quash a proceeding taken or a decision given by the religious court (beit din) without authority.  Establishment of religious courts e. Other powers of the Supreme Court shall be prescribed by Law. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:20 Page 34 Israel 1958 (rev. 2013) 16. Other courts The establishment, powers, places of sitting and areas of jurisdiction of the District Courts, the Magistrates' Courts and other courts shall be in accordance with Law. 17. Appeal  Right to appeal judicial decisions A judgment of a court of first instance, other than a judgment of the Supreme Court, shall be appealable as of right. 18. Further hearing In a matter adjudged by the Supreme Court by a bench of three, a further hearing may be held by a bench of five or more, on such grounds and in such manner as shall be prescribed by Law. 19. Retrial In a criminal matter adjudged finally, a retrial may be held on such grounds and in such manner as shall be prescribed by Law. 20. Established rule a. A rule laid down by a court shall guide any lower court. b. A rule laid down by the Supreme Court shall bind any court other than the Supreme Court.  Judicial precedence 21. Registrar A court may have a registrar, who may or may not be a judge.