On 12 September 2016 the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in Case No. 2015-23-01 “On compliance of the second sentence of the third part of Para12 in the Transitional Provisions of the law “On State Pensions”, insofar it provides that the old-age pension to be granted instead of service pension may be granted in the […]
On 21 July 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a number of cases regarding compliance of the norms of the law On Solidarity Tax with the Satversme.[1] The Contested Norms Section 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the law On Solidarity Tax: Section 3. Taxable Object The tax object shall be the income, which […]
On 21 July 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of the Fifth Part of Section 629 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm The fifth part of Section 629 of the Criminal Procedure Law provides: “The case […]
On 14 July 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 5021 (5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 5021 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia establishes the procedure for appealing against […]
On 14 July 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 11(4) of the Law “On State Pensions” with the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 11(4) of the law “On State Pensions” provides: “A parent or guardian of […]
On Monday, 4 July, Kristīne Krūma, former Justice of the Constitutional Court, has unexpectedly passed away. She served as the Justice of the Constitutional Court from May 2007 until October 2015. After leaving the Justice’s office, she became the Prorector of the Riga Graduate School of Law and was recently elected Associate Professor. Kristīne Krūma […]
On 27 June 2016 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2015-10-01 “On Compliance of Section 7(3) of the law “On Preventing Conflict of Interest in Activities of Public Officials” with the first sentence of Article 110 and the first sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norm Section 7(3) of the […]
On 16 June 2016 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-18-01 “On Compliance of Section 51 of “Maintenance Guarantee Fund Law” with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. A child’s right to full development should be given priority over the rights to inviolability of private life of a person, who does not […]
On 19 May 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the word “the Internet” in Section 32(1) of “Pre-election Campaign Law” with Article 100 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norm The contested norm provides: “On the election day, and the day before the election day, the placement […]
On 19 May 2016 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Law “On Expropriation of Part of Immoveable Property “Kaktiņi” in Lēdmane Parish, Lielvārde County for Public Needs to Implement Reconstruction Project of State Road E22 in the Section Rīga (Tīnūži) – Koknese with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic […]
