On 9 January 2014 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in the case No. 9. 2013-08-01 “On Compliance of Section 483 and Section 484 of the Civil Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The institute of protest exists within the civil procedure to eliminate substantial […]
On 10 January 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of Section 15(1) of The City Council and Municipality Election Law”, insofar it does not allow associations of electors to submit lists of candidates in municipalities where the number of residents exceeds 5,000 and in cities, with Article […]
On 10 January 2014 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of Para 4 of Section 17 of Deposit Guarantee Law with the first sentence of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norm Para 4 of Section 17 of Deposit Guarantee Law provides that the guaranteed compensations […]
On 19 December 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 4.1 and Para 15 of the Binding Regulations of 19 June 2007 of the Riga City Council “Public Order Regulations in Riga” with the first and the third sentence of Article 105 of the Satversme”. Contested Norms […]
On 17 December 2013 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On the Compliance of Para 4.3 and Para 4.4 of the Binding Regulations of 8 July 2008 of the Riga City Council No. 125 “On Taking Care of Riga City Territory and Maintenance of Buildings” with Article 105 of the Satversme […]
On 18 December 2013 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2013-06-01 “On Compliance of Para 2 of Section 23(5) and Section 231(1) of Law on National Referendums, Legislative Initiatives and European Citizens’ Initiative with Article 1 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Central Election Commission must register all draft […]
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 […]
