Higher Court in Belgrade

The court that hears most political affairs, with a Special Department for Organized Crime. It has been trying the phantom companies case, including Asomakum, since 2017: the proceedings have twice been sent back to the start, and some of the charges have passed the statute of limitations. After Banjska it refused to remand Milan Radoičić in custody, yet it ordered custody over posts and statements for lawyer Čedomir Stojković, Novica Antić and analyst Aleksandar Radić; according to Stojković, the Court of Appeal annulled the rulings in his case as unlawful. It twice convicted the men charged with the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, but they were ultimately acquitted.

Affairs

Arrest warrant for Aleksandar Radić over the "sound cannon": Ordered a search of his flat and office, ordered detention on grounds of flight risk and ordered an arrest warrant
Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: Ordered three defendants in the Alta Bank case held in custody for up to 30 days, among them the bank's owner Davor Macura
The Asomakum case: a company in Andrej Vučić’s name: Citing the absolute statute of limitations, in 2021 it halted the proceedings against four of the indicted, even though the main trial had only begun in 2020.
Car attacks on students and citizens at blockades: It ordered drivers into custody and tried the Ruzveltova case; just before the verdict, it announced that Vučić had freed the defendant from prosecution
The Banjska attack and Radoičić's lack of an indictment in Serbia: It rejected detention and barred Radoičić from leaving Serbia; the measure was later repeatedly extended
The Belivuk group and its ties to the state: It confirmed the indictments against the group, convicted Papić and Stolić in non-final rulings and Hrkalović at first instance, and announced her pardon; it is trying the group
Lawyer Čedomir Stojković arrested over his posts: Ordered him into detention; according to Stojković, the Court of Appeal overturned the rulings on detention and the internet ban as unlawful
Acquittal in the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija: In 2019, at first instance, it sentenced Radomir Marković and Milan Radonjić to 30 years each and Ratko Romić and Miroslav Kurak to 20 years each, and did so again in the 2021 retrial
The collapse of EPS under Milorad Grčić: He ordered him detained over possible influence on witnesses, then lifted the detention once the witnesses had been questioned
General Staff: lifting of protection and the Selaković trial: Since 4 February 2026 it has been trying those indicted; it refused to remand Vasić in custody, and on 4 November 2026 it postponed the trial to 23 November
Novi Sad activists charged with overthrowing the constitutional order
The Šumadija Hotel and the father of minister Nebojša Stefanović
Irregularities in the 2023 elections: It rejected the last voter objection to the results, making the Belgrade elections final
Marijuana plantation on the “Jovanjica” estate: It confirmed the indictment and merged the proceedings, and the panel excluded the evidence from the search
Campaign against Ombudsman Saša Janković: It handed seven gendarmes final suspended sentences for abuse and torture
The persecution of police officer Katarina Petrović: Extended her detention by up to 30 days, then lifted it because she had been suspended and could not repeat the offence
Kentkart case: Milanović offered to rig a tender: It twice convicted Milanović at first instance of giving bribes, sentencing him to eight months suspended and a three-year ban on holding office
Krušik: arms sales to the GIM company: It placed Obradović under house arrest and lifted the measure when the prosecution did not seek an extension
Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage: At the prosecution's request, it ordered Kričak detained for up to 30 days in the "Senjak" case over the risk of witness interference, and, on appeal, also over the risk of reoffending
Marko Vidojković: death threats, smear campaigns and exile: In a first-instance ruling it found a violation of dignity and awarded 260,000 dinars over an article calling him a pedophile
Attacks on journalists: It upheld the ruling for insulting Tatalović; in the case of the threats against Ana Lalić Hegediš, it refused to remand one indicted man in custody and gave the other a suspended sentence
Pink's Nina Kovačević hit a girl in Voždovac: It replaced detention with house arrest and temporarily took away her driving licence
Collapse of the canopy at Novi Sad railway station: Confirmed the Belgrade indictment and ordered detention for suspects in the investigation into the contract annexes
Dismissal and arrest of Novica Antić of the Military Union: It rejected detention, then ordered it on appeal, and lifted it on 27 October 2026; it is also hearing the lawsuits against media outlets and the indictment
Obrenovac flood: late warning and evacuation: It released three young men after about ten days in custody over posts about the dead
Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation: On 2 November he released the names of the five pardoned people whose cases are being heard before him, among them Hrkalović and Živadinović
Driver hits female student on Jurija Gagarina Street: He remanded the driver in detention, sent back the attempted murder indictment and released her from detention
Stig–Kostolac railway: EPS paid for work that was never done: Its anti-corruption department declared itself without jurisdiction to confirm the indictment, and the Special Court sent it to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office
Money laundering by RHMZ director Jugoslav Nikolić: It remanded the RHMZ director in custody for up to 30 days on suspicion of money laundering, at the prosecution's request
Šapić did not declare villa near Trieste: Presiding over Šapić's lawsuit against BIRN; after three hearings were held and five were cancelled, the hearing of evidence closed in 2026.
Legalisation of Šapić's illegal extension in Bežanijska kosa: Hearing Šapić's suit against BIRN and its journalists over the article on the legalisation
The Savamala case: demolition in Hercegovačka Street: Convicted Stamenković under a plea agreement and gave him a suspended sentence; twice awarded Stefanović damages from NIN, which the appeals court overturned
Dragiša Simić: trial over fixed penalties and Šarić's Bentley: According to the Interior Ministry, it overturned the first-instance suspended sentence on the defence's appeal
Death of Stanimir Brajković in Padinska Skela prison: Convicted the three cellmates of aggravated murder in a non-final verdict, and the prison doctor and the shift leader of negligent performance of duty
NoviSpy: spyware on activists' phones
The “Banana” affair: Dačić's meetings with Miša Banana: It allowed Lazarević to await trial at liberty, and in December 2018 it acquitted those charged at first instance
Students as “terrorists”: a campaign by the authorities and tabloids: It ordered Informer to pay damages to two students over their passports, and it excluded as unlawful the evidence against nine defendants
Dismissal and indictment of Dr Tatjana Adžić Vukičević: According to her, the court confirmed the indictment, but the Court of Appeal overturned that ruling
Željko Mitrović's son killed Andrea Bojanić on a pedestrian crossing: Ordered him into custody on 20 July 2013, citing witness interference and the gravity of the offence
The „Senjak“ case: a restaurant murder and Veselin Milić: It ordered and then lifted Milić's detention, confirmed the murder indictment against Saša V. in a ruling that is not yet final, and ordered detention for Kričak and Sekulović
Police violence after the Vidovdan protest: It ordered custody for the injured student Luka M. and issued a wanted notice for him; he was then placed under house arrest.
Criminals' Sky messages about government officials: Convicted Šarić and two police chiefs at first instance, in a ruling that is not final, and refused to hear Stefanović and Parezanović
The Niš court president, a parole and a Zlatibor voucher: Tried the president of the Higher Court in Niš before its Special Department for Organised Crime and announced that she had been pardoned

People

Danko Laušević: presiding judge of a panel of the Special Department for Organised Crime of the Belgrade Higher Court
Nebojša Đokić: defendant charged with money laundering before the Special Department for Organised Crime of the Belgrade Higher Court
Svetlana Galić: judge of the Higher Court in Belgrade
Zoran Ganić: judge, presiding judge of the trial panel in the “Jovanjica” case
Zorica Avramović: judge of the Higher Court in Belgrade