Today, on 8 May, a joint visiting session of the Legal Affairs Committee and the Judicial Policy Subcommittee of the Saeima, with the Constitutional Court judges participating, took place at the Constitutional Court. The joint session reviewed a number of issues in connection with the Constitutional Court. Opening the session, Chair of the Saeima’s Legal […]

On 2 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-14-01 “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law “Remuneration of Officials of State and Local Government Authorities” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law […]

On 30 April – 1 May, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participated in the Heidelberg Discussion Group (Heidelberger Gesprächskreis) organised by Max-Planck Institute (Max-Planck-Institut). In the discussion, the Justices of the Constitutional Court together with judges from the constitutional courts belonging to the tradition of German […]

On 29 April 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Second Part of Article 17 and Article 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Saeima with the second sentence of Article 92 and the first sentence of Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The second […]

On 23 April 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-12-01 “On Compliance of the First Part of Section 1, the Words of the Second Part of Section 1 “on the level of pre-school education and basic education, abiding by the provisions of Section 41 of this Law” of the law “Amendments to the Education Law” […]

On 18 April 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-16-03 “On Compliance of Para 91, Para 92, Para 98 and Para 99, and Para 2 of Annex 8 of the Cabinet Regulation of 10 March 2019 No. 221 “Regulations Regarding Electricity Production and Price Determination upon Production of Electricity in Cogeneration” and of the last sentence of Para 638, Para 106, Para 107, Para […]

On 18 April 2019, the Constitutional Court has adopted a decision in case No. 2018-13-03 “On Compliance of Para 4 and Para 5 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 April 1998 No. 139 “Regulation on the Latvian Building Standard LBN 205‑97 “The Standards of Designing Masonry and Reinforced Masonry Constructions”” with Article 90 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested […]

Today, on 3 April, the State President Raimonds Vējonis and a delegation from the Chancery of the President of Latvia paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court. The State President and the Constitutional Court judges discussed the current issues in constitutional law in Latvia and focused on the execution of the Constitutional Court’s judgments. The […]

On 26 March 2019, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 1 (1) of the Law of 4 October 2018 “Amendments to the Consumer Rights Protection Law” with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) of the law of 4 October 2018 “Amendments to the […]

Today, on 21 March, Minister for Justice Jānis Bordāns and Head of the Minister’s Bureau Aldis Bukšs paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court. The delegation from the Ministry of Justice was welcomed by the Judges of the Constitutional Court in full composition. During the visit, the parties discussed current matters related to the judicial […]