On Thursday, 9 July, the Constitutional Court organised the first webinar in its history on the theme “Protection of the Rights Included in Article 92 of the Satversme at the Constitutional Court”. The webinar was a symbolic launch of the Constitutional Court’s bookazine, published in April, “Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia: the Right […]
On 14 July 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 6 (5) of the Law “On State Social Insurance” with the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 6 (5) of the law “On State Social Insurance”: “In addition to the […]
On 10 July 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2019-36-01 “On Compliance of Section 6 (2) of the Law “On State Social Insurance”(in the Wording that was in Force from 1 January 1998 until 31 December 2002) with Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 6 (2) of the […]
On 9 July 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2019-27-03 “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and Funeral Benefit, Procedures for the Review thereof and Procedures for the Granting and Disbursement of the Benefits” with Article 1, the […]
On 7 July 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 13 of the Cabinet Regulation of 27 October 2009 No. 1250 “Regulation Regarding State Fee for Registering Ownership Rights and Pledge Rights in the Land Register” with Article 91, Article 105 and Article 110 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm […]
On 25 June 2020, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in case No. 2019-24-03 “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 No. 913 “Regulation on the Guaranteed Minimum Income Level” with Article 1 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 […]
On 19 June 2020, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019-20-03 “On Compliance of Para 9 of Annex 2 and Para 9 of Annex 4 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 November 2018 No. 716 “Regulation on the National Guidelines on Pre-school Education and Model Programmes of Pre-school education” with Article 64, Article 91, the First Sentence of Article 112 and Article 114 of […]
On 11 June 2020, the Constitutional Court decided to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter – CJEU) in case No. 2019 28 0103 “On Compliance of Decision No. 1/7 of 18 April 2019 by the Board of the Public Utilities Commission “Regulation on the Connection to the […]
On 11 June 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in Case No. 2019-12-01 “On Compliance of the Third Sentence of Section 5 (1), Section 56 (3) and Para 49 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Institutions of Higher Education” with Article 1, Article 105 and Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The third sentence […]
In order to restrict the spread of Covid-19, on 12 March Latvia declared a state of emergency which was lifted on 9 June. As of 10 June, the judges and staff of the Constitutional Court will continue to perform their official duties face-to-face while observing epidemiological safety measures, including recommendations of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. […]
