On 13 October 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2014-36-01 “On Compliance of Section 8(1) of the Law On Control of Aid for Commercial Activity with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”.  The aim of suspending fulfilling of subordinated liabilities of a commercial company, which experiences financial difficulties, is […]

On 24 September 2015 the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case on the compliance of the first part of Section 12 of the law “On State Pensions”, insofar it provides for using an index that is smaller than “1” in updating pension capital, and sub-paragraph 65.2 of Transition Provisions of the law […]

On 6 August 2015 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the Compliance of the First, Third and Fifth Part of Section 657 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence in Article 92  of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 657 of the Criminal […]

On 27 July 2015 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the Compliance of Section 51 of “Maintenance Guarantee Fund Law” with Article 96 of the Republic of Satversme”. The Contested Norm Section 51 of “Maintenance Guarantee Fund Law” provides: “(1) The Administration of the [Maintenance Guarantee] Fund shall publish the information […]

On 3 July 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2014-12-01 “On Compliance of Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 and Para 1 and Para 5 of Section 4 of the Subsidized Energy Tax Law with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The […]

On 3 July 2015 the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of Para 27 in Transitional Provisions of Electronic Mass Media Law with Article 1, the first sentence in Article 100 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norm The contested norm provides: […]

On 2 July 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-01-01 “On the Compliance of the first and the second part of Section 7 of Law on the National Flag of Latvia and Section 20143 of Latvian Administrative Violations Code with Article 100 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The obligation […]

On 5 June 2015 the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the Compliance of Para 2 and Para 6 of Section 1, Section 4, Section 10, Section 18(1) of Law on Development and Use of the National DNA Database, as well as Para 2 and Para 13 of the Cabinet of […]

On 11 May 2015 the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of the First Sentence in Para 24 of the Riga City Council Binding Regulation of 19 February 2013 No. 211 “On the Municipal Fee for the Maintenance and Development of the Municipality Infrastructure in Riga” with Article 105 […]

On 29 April 2015 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2014-31-01 “On Compliance of Para 1, Sub-paragraph b) of Section 44 (1) of the Civil Procedure Law (in the wording of 29 November 2012) with Article 1, Article 91, Article 92 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” […]