Today, on 10 March 2022, Justice Aldis Laviņš was elected as President Constitutional court of Latvia. The election of the President was held remotely, via videoconference. The secret ballot was carried out by electronic means. Video recording of the Court’s hearing is available here [in Latvian]: Statement by the elected President Justice Aldis Laviņš: “I […]
The Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Supreme Court of Estonia and the Constitutional Court of Lithuania have sent a letter to the Conference of European Constitutional Courts (hereinafter – the CECC) in solidarity with the Ukrainian judiciary and the Ukrainian people. The Constitutional Courts of the three Baltic States condemn the aggression of the Russian […]
On 1 March 2022, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 23 of the Punishment Register Law, insofar it applies to information about an acquitted person, with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested norm Para 1 of Section 23 of the Punishment Register Law provides that information […]
On 24 February 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its ruling in case C-290/20, providing answers to the questions referred to by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia in Case No. 2019‑28‑0103 “On Compliance of Decision No. 1/7 of 18 April 2019 by the Board of the Public Utilities […]
On 25 February 022, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 169 (6) of the Insolvency Law with Article 107 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 169 (6) of the Insolvency Law provides that remuneration is not specified for the administrator if he or […]
On 23 February 2022, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2021‑22‑01 “On compliance of the second sentence of Section 4441(3) of the Civil Procedure Law (in the wording which was in force from 1 March 2018 until 19 April 2021) with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the […]
On 24 february 2022, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the number and word “10 years”, included in Para 531 of the Cabinet Regulation of 10 March 2009 No. 221 “Regulation on Producing Electricity and Setting Prices in Producing Electrocity in Cogeneration”, and the number and word “10 years”, included in Para 68, of the […]
On 15 February, the President of Latvia Egils Levits, meeting with the Member of the Council of the Bank of Latvia Zita Zariņa and the Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš, inaugurated the silver collection coin “Satversme 100″. The artist Aigars Ozoliņš also took part in the coin unveiling and spoke about the […]
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter “the Satversme”), the Constitutional Court has published the text of the Satversme in e-book format. 15 February 2022 marks the centenary of the adoption of the Satversme. The norms and values enshrined in the text of the Satversme apply to every […]
Today, on 11 February, Dr.iur. Irēna Kucina, the Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia took the judge’s oath (solemn affirmation) and entered office of the Constitutional Court’s Justice. The oath was made to the President of Latvia Egils Levits in the castle of Riga with the participation of Justices of […]
