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21.01.2016.

A case initiated with regard to recalculation of pension or discontinuing disbursement of pension to former military

On 15 January 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 421 of Transitional Provisions of the Law “On State Pensions” with Section 1, Section 91, Section 105 and Section 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm The contested norm of the law “On State Pensions” provides: “If a […]

29.12.2015.

A case has been initiated with regard to norms that provide for the liability of a board member for late tax payments of a legal person

On 29 December 2015 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the Compliance of Section 60, Section 61 and Section 62 of the Law on Taxes and Fees with the First Sentence of Article 91, Article 92 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms Section 60 of the Law on Taxes and Fees defines […]

22.12.2015.

The norms on establishing the status of public official for the administrators of insolvency proceedings are incompatible with the Satversme

On 21 December 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-03-01 “On Compliance of Section 2 of the law “Amendments to the Insolvency Law” of 25 September 2014 and the law “Amendments to the Law On Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Activities of Public Officials” of 30 October 2014 with Article 1 […]

09.12.2015.

The norm on compensating losses to the providers of public transport services complies with the Satversme

On 8 December 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-07-03 “On the Compliance of Para 3 of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 15 May 2012 No. 341 “The Procedure for Establishing and Compensating Losses linked to the Provision of Public Transport Services and Setting the Tariff of Public Transport Services” with Article 1 and Article 105 […]

30.11.2015.

A case initiated with regard to exemptions in calculating old-age pension

On 30 November 2015 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the 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 […]

12.11.2015.

The norm on initiating a disciplinary case against a judge and on the accessibility of the disciplinary case materials complies with the Satversme

On 12 November 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-06-01 “On Compliance of Section 116 (1) of the Judicial Disciplinary Liability Law with Article 100 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Retaining the authority of the judicial power is in the interests of society as a whole The Contested Norm Section […]