On 19 November 2013 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2013-09-01 “On the Compliance of the Words of Section 21(2) of Latvian Administrative Violations Code “if the fine intended for it does not exceed thirty lats”, with the first sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme.” The State must ensure that persons with […]
On 6 November 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of the Sixth Sentence of Section 563(3) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme”. Contested Norm (in italics) Section 563(3) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia provides: “In […]
On 23 October 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of the First Sentence of Section 8 of the Law “On Residential Tenancy” with Section 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested Norm The first sentence of Section 8 of the law “On Residential Tenancy” “If […]
On 21 October 2013 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2013-02-01 “On the Compliance of Para 2 of Section 4641 (2) of the Civil Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme does not envisage the […]
On 7 November 2013 the Constitutional Court adopted a decision on terminating legal proceedings in Case No. 2012-25-01 “On Compliance of Section 138 of the Insolvency Law of 1 November 2007 with Article 92 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested norm The contested norm was in force until 1 November […]
On 1 October 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia initiated case “On compliance of the words “joining in trade unions” of Section”49(1) of Border Guard Law with Article 102 and the second sentence of Article 108 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested Norm (in italics) […]
On 16 August 2013 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On the Compliance of Para 8 of Transitional Provisions of Law on the Conservation of Species and Biotopes with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested Norm The contested norm provides that the compensation for […]
On 1 July 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated Case “On the Compliance of Section of 432 the Road Traffic Law, insofar it affects the rights of the vehicle owner in administrative violations record-keeping, with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norm Section 432 of the Road Traffic […]
On 1 July 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On the Compliance of Section 246(2) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norm Section 246(2) of the Criminal Procedure Law provides: “Prior taking a decision on […]
On 31 May the Constitutional Court adopted a decision to refuse to initiate a case with regard to the constitutional complaints submitted by Deniss Čalovskis. The applicant had contested the constitutionality of a number of norms that regulate extradition of a person. Čalovskis had requested to declare anti-constitutional the international agreement “Treaty on Extradition between […]
