# Basic Court in Novi Sad

Through interim measures it reinstated the suspended teachers of the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School and fined the headmaster and the school for failing to carry out its rulings; the headmaster called this a „coup d'état“. It presided over the trial for the attack on students outside SNS offices until President Vučić pardoned all four defendants, after which it had to dismiss the charges without establishing guilt. It also refused to order detention for a haulier who had backed the protests, and ruled in favour of teachers whose pay had been withheld.

## Affairs

- [Police beat students outside the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/filozofski-novi-sad-2025): Is hearing a lawsuit in which about 60 professors are asking for a ruling that the Interior Ministry violated the university's autonomy by keeping police on campus
- [Pressure on teachers and students at the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jovina-gimnazija): He ordered four teachers reinstated and penalised the director and the school for failing to comply
- [Attack on students outside the SNS offices in Novi Sad](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novi-sad-napad-na-studente): It presided over the trial, at which the defendants denied guilt, and after the pardon dismissed the charges without any finding of guilt
- [Police beat and arrested activists at Šodroš](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/policijsko-nasilje-sodros): Is conducting criminal proceedings against activist Rakić for obstructing a police officer, which have lasted more than three years
- [Pressure on bus operator Milomir Jaćimović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/progon-autoprevoznika-jacimovica): On 6 July 2025 it rejected detention for Jaćimović; since 2026 his underage son has been on trial before it for attacking an official
- [Srbijagas under Dušan Bajatović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/srbijagas-bajatovic): Confirmed the indictment against Bajatović in December 2025, and refused to give journalists information about the proceedings
- [Government decree and professors' pay cuts](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/uredba-5-35-plate): Ruled at first instance in favour of two employees and ordered the faculty to pay default interest

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/osnovni-sud-novi-sad  
As of: 9 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)