On Friday, 4 February, a formal session of the Constitutional Court was held remotely to open the new year of the Court’s work. The President of the Constitutional Court, Sanita Osipova, presented a report on the achievements of the Constitutional Court in strengthening the rule of law in Latvia in 2021. Dainis Īvāns, the First […]
On 31 January 2022, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the first and the second part of Section 38 of the law “On the Date of Coming into Force and Application of the Introduction, the Chapter on Inheritance Law and the Chapter of Property Law of the Restored […]
On 25 January 2022, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Complinace of Section 534, 5341, 535, 536 and 537 with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norms The contested norms are included in Chapter 66 of the Civil Procedure Law on the […]
On 19 January 2022, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the first and the second part of Section 38, as well as of Section 42 (1) of the law “On the Date of Coming into Force and Application of the Introduction, the Chapter on Inheritance Law and the Chapter of […]
On 7 January 2022, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgement in case No. 2021‑06‑01 “On the compliance of Section 11 (310) and Section 1110(610) of the law “On Personal Income Tax” with Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested norms Section 11 (310) of the law “On Personal Income Tax”: “Expenditure related to economic […]
On 6 January 2022, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Fourth and the Fifth Part of Section 627 and the Third Part of Section 631 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norms Pursuant […]
On 29 December 2021, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 56(3), 56(4) and 56(5) of the Law on Institutions of Higher Education with Articles 105, 112 and 113 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provisions Section 56(3) of the Law on Institutions of Higher Education […]
On 29 December 2021, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the second sentence of Section 631(3) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision According to the second sentence of Section 631(3) of the […]
On 29 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in Case No 2021‑09‑01 “On the compliance of Section 9.1(2) of the Law on the Road User Charge in the wording effective until 30 June 2020 and Section 149.40(2) of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code in the wording effective from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2020 with Article 1 and the first […]
A special episode of the Constitutional Court podcast Tversme is available as today. The President of the Court of Justice of the European Union Koen Lenaerts discusses with Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge and President of the Constitutional Court (2015-2020) Ineta Ziemele. This episode is specially dedicated to the […]
