Legal basis: provisions on leading cadres' intervention in judicial activities, record, notification and accountability of specific cases.
Article 2 Leading cadres at all levels should take the lead in observing the Constitution and laws, safeguarding judicial authority and supporting judicial organs to exercise their functions and powers independently and impartially according to law. No leading cadre may ask the judicial organ to handle a case in violation of statutory duties or legal procedures, and may not ask the judicial organ to do anything that hinders judicial justice.
Article 3. The organ in charge of leading judicial work can understand the case according to the working procedures, organize research on judicial policies, coordinate the handling according to law, urge the judicial organs to perform their duties according to law, and create a fair judicial environment for the judicial organs, but it is not allowed to make specific decisions on the admissibility of evidence, the determination of facts and judicial decisions.
Article 4 The judicial organs shall exercise their functions and powers independently and impartially according to law, and shall not carry out any requirements of leading cadres that violate legal duties or legal procedures or obstruct judicial justice.