Can the court change the date of hearing at will?

No, under normal circumstances, the trial period of civil cases is very strict. Unless there are some specific reasons, such as postponement or suspension. But even if there is a specific reason, it is recorded in detail in the file.

If it is true that the court changed the court session time, you can report it to the court supervision section or the president's mailbox with the notice of filing the case and the receipt of payment. If there is no reply, you can also report to the civil trial supervision section of the procuratorate.

According to Article 132 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), in any of the following circumstances, the hearing may be postponed:

(a) the parties who must appear in court and other participants in the proceedings have justified reasons for not appearing in court;

(2) The party concerned temporarily applies for withdrawal;

(3) It is necessary to notify new witnesses to appear in court, obtain new evidence, re-authenticate, conduct an inquest or make supplementary investigations;

(4) Other circumstances that should be postponed.

Postponement of the trial can only occur at the trial stage, and the litigation acts that have been implemented before the postponement of the trial are still valid for the postponement of the trial. However, the extended time is not counted in the probation period.

Extended data:

Relevant explanations for postponing the trial:

According to the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the trial should be postponed.

Article 157 During the trial, if the public prosecutor thinks that the case needs supplementary investigation and puts forward a proposal to postpone the trial, the collegial panel shall agree. However, it is recommended that the number of extensions should not exceed two.

If the people's procuratorate fails to request the people's court to resume the trial within the supplementary investigation period after the court announced the postponement of the trial, the people's court shall rule to reject the case of the people's procuratorate.

Article 164 If the defender refuses to continue to defend the defendant in court according to relevant regulations, the collegial panel shall allow it. If the defendant requests to entrust another defender, the collegial panel shall announce the postponement of the hearing, and the defendant shall entrust another defender or the people's court to appoint another defense lawyer for him.

Article 165 If the defendant refuses the defender to defend him in court and requests to entrust another defender, he shall agree and announce an adjournment of the court session. If the defendant requests the people's court to appoint another defense lawyer and the collegial panel agrees, it shall announce the postponement of the trial.

After the new court session, if the defendant refuses to entrust a new defender or a defense lawyer appointed by the people's court to appear in court again to defend him, the collegial panel shall handle it separately according to the circumstances:

(1) If the defendant is an adult, permission can be granted. However, the defendant may not entrust another defender, and the people's court may not appoint another defense lawyer. The defendant can defend himself.

(two) the defendant has one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 36 of this interpretation, and shall not be allowed.

If a defender or defense lawyer is entrusted or appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article 164 of this Interpretation and the first and second paragraphs of this Article, the time for preparing the defense shall not be included in the trial period from the date of postponing the trial of the case to the tenth day.

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