On 2 June 2022, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 3 of Section 16 of the Advocacy Law of the Republic of Latvia with the First Sentence of Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Pursuant to Para 3 of Section 16 of the Advocacy Law […]
On 27 May 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a ruling in Case No. 2021-34-01 “On Compliance of Section 82, Paragraph One of the Criminal Law in the Wording Effective from 1 April 2013 to 10 May 2016 with the First Sentence of Article 100 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and Compliance of […]
On 24 May 2022, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Section 4, Paragraph Three, Clause 1, Section 4, Paragraph Nine, Section 7, Paragraph 11 of the Law on Ports, as well as Paragraph 16, Sub-paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Transitional Provisions with Article 1 and the first […]
On 14 April 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in the case No. 2021-38-01 “On the compliance of Section 529, Paragraph One, Clause 31 and Section 550, Paragraph One of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested norms In accordance with Section 529, […]
On 3 May 2022 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Decision of the Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of 16 December 2021 No. 1 2/168 “On the Binding Regulation of the Jūrmala City Council of 30 September 2021 No. 38 “Amendments to the Jūrmala City Council Regulation […]
On 8 April 2022, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 627, Paragraph four and five of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provisions According to Section 627, Paragraph four of the Criminal Procedure Law, the case materials […]
On 5 May 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No. 2021-32-0103 “On Compliance of Section 13, Paragraph One, Clause 10 of the Law on the Procedures for Holding under Arrest and Paragraph 10 of Annex 4 to Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 800 of 27 November 2007 “Internal Rules of […]
On 9 May, Inga Reine, Judge of the General Court of the European Union, visited the Constitutional Court of Latvia to discuss cooperation with the General Court of the European Union and current developments in the case law of both courts. The meeting was attended by the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš, the […]
Today, 5 May, the Justices of the Constitutional Court met with Jānis Bordāns, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Justice. During the meeting, the Parties discussed the need for amendments to the Constitutional Court Law, the introduction of the e-file and the effective enforcement of Constitutional Court’s judgements. Jānis Bordāns, the Minister for Justice, was […]
On 21 April 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No. 2021-27-01 “On Compliance of the First Sentence of Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions of the Construction Law with Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 91 and the First Sentence of Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The […]
