session. The Constitutional Court may also submit to the plenary session any other issue at its discretion. In general, the court hears cases referred by the President, the Federation Council, the State Duma, one-fifth of the members of either chamber of the Federal Assembly, the Government, the Supreme Court, or other bodies of legislative or executive authority. It also hears complains by citizens of allegations of constitutional rights violations. Constitutional courts of federal subjects Constitutional courts of Russia's federal subjects hear cases relating to conformity with regional constitutions of laws adopted by regional legislatures, and in this category of cases constitutional courts are courts of single instance. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Russia () is the highest court, and supervises inferior courts of general jurisdiction. It occasionally sits as a court of first instance in cases where important interests of state are at issue; in this case it normally consists of a judge and a jury, but occasionally consists of three judges. There are 115 members of the Supreme Court. At plenary sessions the Supreme Court studies the judicial decisions of lower courts on various topics and adopts resolutions, which establish recommendations on the interpretation of particular provisions of law for lower courts for uniform application. The Presidium of the Supreme Court () represents Russia's final court of appeal. The Presidium consists of thirteen judges: the Chairman of the Supreme Court, its first deputy chairman, its six deputy chairmen and five other Supreme Court judges. Only the Prosecutor General has the right to appeal to the Presidium, and as a result, very few criminal cases reviewed by the three-judge panels of the Supreme Court make it to the Presidium. Only 0.4% of criminal cases in 1998 ended with an acquittal in the Presidium. The court is divided into several chambers or collegia (), and each chamber normally sits with three judges: civil (); criminal (); administrative (); on economic disputes (); military (); and appeals (; formerly the cassation panel or ), which can review decisions of the other chambers (if only other chambers acted as first instance courts). There are several entities attached to the Supreme Court. The Academic Consultative Council () assists the court in various legal and academic matters and comprises members of the Supreme Court itself, academics, practicing lawyers, and law enforcement officers. The members of the Academic Consultative Council are elected at plenary sessions