On 29 October 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2019-29-01 “On compliance of the programmes 03.00.00 “Higher Education”, 02.03.00 “Higher Medical Education”, 20.00.00 “Cultural Education” and sub-programme 22.02.00 “Higher Education” of the Law “On the State Budget for 2019”, insofar these do not envisage annual increase of the State-allocated financing for studies in […]

On 28 October 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of 32.1. of “Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas “Administrative Territories, Administrative Centres thereof and the Units of Territorial Division”” with Article 1, the Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and the Sixth Part […]

On 27 October 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-23.3., 23.4., 23.5., 23.6., 23.14. and 23.15 of “Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas “Administrative Territories, Administrative Centres thereof and the Units of Territorial Division”” with Article 1, the First Sentence of the Second Part of […]

On 26 October 2020, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 71 (3) of the Road Traffic Law with the First, Second and Third Sentence of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 71 (3) of the Road Traffic Law provides: “The existing road engineering structures or […]

Today, on 28 October, election of the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court was held at the Constitutional Court’s hearing. The Judges elected from among themselves Aldis Laviņš to the position of the Constitutional Court’s Vice-president. Aldis Laviņš has served as the Judge of the Constitutional Court since 25 April 2014. From 6 May 2014 to 6 May 2017 he was […]

On 16 October 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 8.5., 8.7., 8.8., 8.16., 8.17., 8.19. and 8.20.  of “Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas “Administrative Territories, Administrative Centres thereof and the Units of Territorial Division”” with Article 1, the Article 101 of the Satversme of […]

On 16 October 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 18.1., 18.1. and 18.10. of “Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas “Administrative Territories, Administrative Centres thereof and the Units of Territorial Division”” with Article 1, the Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]

On Thursday, 15 October, the Constitutional Court concluded the first stage in the experience-sharing project with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. On this day, the lawyers of the Ukrainian Constitutional Court worked independently with the materials prepared by the project experts on the topic “The recent judicature of the Constitutional Court in cases, initiated on the […]

On Wednesday, 28 October at 10:00, the Constitutional Court’s hearing will be convened to hold the election of the Constitutional Court’s Vice-president. Taking into account the epidemiological safety measures that are still established in the state to restrict the spread of Covid-19, the election of the Constitutional Court’s President will be held remotely, in a videoconference […]

Today, on 14 October, the election of the Constitutional Court’s President was held at the Court’s hearing. The Justices elected from among themselves the current Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova to the position of the Constitutional Court’s President. Sanita Osipova has been serving as the Justice of the Constitutional Court since 17 August 2011. On […]