On Wednesday, 29 January, the Constitutional Court initiated two cases on conformity of Sub-paragraph 62.1 of Cabinet Regulation No. 171 of 7 April 2015, Regulations Regarding Granting, Administration, and Supervision of State and European Union Aid for Environmental, Climate, and Rural Landscape Improvements in the 2014–2020 Planning Period and also in the Transitional Period in 2021 and 2022, and Sub-paragraph 90.1 […]

On Monday, 27 January, the Constitutional Court initiated the case on conformity of the first sentence of Section 52, Paragraph 3.1 of the Law on Higher Education Institutions with the first sentence of Article 91 and Article 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, as well as Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. […]

On Monday, 13 January, the Constitutional Court initiated the case on conformity of Sub-paragraphs 26.18, 26.23, and 26.24 of the Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas, as well as Section 2 of the law “Amendments to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas” of 13 June 2024, insofar as it deletes Paragraph 43 of the Annex, […]

The case on conformity of Section 163, Paragraph four, Clause 1 of the Civil Law with Article 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia was initiated on Monday, 6 January. The contested norm stipulates that the adopter may not be a person who has been punished for criminal offences related to violence or threatening of violence – regardless of extinguishing […]

On Monday, 16 December, a case was initiated before the Constitutional Court in relation to the conformity of Order No. 1-2/105 of 21 August 2024 issued by the Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development, Regarding Suspension of Binding Regulation No. 22/24 of 15 May 2024 of Ropaži Municipality Local Government Council, Regulations Regarding the Local Plan of Immovable Properties “Remeikas-1” and “Remeikas […]

On Tuesday, 17 December, the Constitutional Court delivered a judgement in Case No. 2023-47-01. The Court declared that the restriction to hold the position of a forensic expert as provided for in the Law on Forensic Experts that is applied to a person who has been held criminally liable, but the criminal proceedings whereof initiated for committing the intentional criminal […]

The Constitutional Court declared that Sub-paragraph 19.1 1 of Cabinet Regulation No. 1013 of 9 December 2008, Procedures by which an Apartment Owner in a Residential Apartment House shall Pay for Services which are Related to Use of the Residential Property, in the wording that was in force from 1 October 2013 to 21 November 2019 is unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court emphasised that the difference in […]

The application was submitted to the Constitutional Court by the Moscow City Property Department and the State Unitary Enterprise of the City of Moscow “Moscow Centre for International Cooperation” (hereinafter – the Moscow Centre), contesting the constitutionality of Section 1 of the law of 30 May 2024, i.e. Amendments to the Law on Assistance to Ukrainian Civilians. The contested […]

On Tuesday, 10 December, two additional cases were initiated before the Constitutional Court in relation to conformity of the second sentence of Section 38, Paragraph two of the law On the Time Period of Coming into Force and the Procedures for the Application of the Introduction, Parts on Inheritance Rights and Property Rights of the Renewed Civil […]

The Constitutional Court recognised that the norm laying down the right of the electricity system operator to recalculate the amount of electricity in the event of a violation of the conditions for electricity consumption conforms to the Constitution. The Court emphasised that the recalculation method ensures compliance with the principle of individualisation and such economic equivalence […]