Press Releases
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16th of October, 2009
There has been scheduled to review 52 cases in the Supreme Court next week. In 21 cases the shorten sentence will be announced.
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9th of October, 2009
There has been scheduled to review 119 cases in the Supreme Court next week. In 24 cases the shorten sentence will be announced.
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8th of October, 2009
The system of remuneration of judges should be determined by the law „On Judicial Power”, not being included in the uniform system of remuneration of governmental management – this has been told in the decision of the extraordinary Plenum of the Supreme Court of October 8, 2009. Judges of the Supreme Court are aware of necessity in the situation of economic crisis in the country to reduce financing, established for the court system, but remuneration of judges cannot be mechanically equaled to remuneration of state official, as their functions and principles of activity differ essentially.
The Supreme Court objects against the fact that changes in system of remuneration of judges and question on creation the budget of the Supreme Court have been discussed in closed sessions of the Cabinet without participation of court representatives. The Plenum admitted that public inaccessibility of the draft law on remunerations doesn’t match up with principles of judicial state and conflicts with Declaration of the Government.
The Plenum asks to respect the independence of the court system and provide financial analysis of the budget of the Supreme Court, using the same procedure that has been established for analysis of the budget of Saeima. In the basis of judicial and democratic state there are independence and balance of three independent branches of state power – the legislative power, executive power and judicial power. The situation, when financing of judicial power depends on goodwill of other branches of power, is inadmissible.
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7th of October, 2009
On Wedneday, October 7, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics together with representatives of the Constitutional Court and Latvian Association of Judges met the representative of the International Monetary Fund, in order to inform about influence of reduction of the budget on functioning of Latvian courts.
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7th of October, 2009
In order to draw the attention of Saeima, the Cabinet and society to danger to rule of law and democracy in Latvia, by weakening the financial independence of courts, in the framework of creation of the state budget, on Thursday, October 8, at 9.15 o’clock there has been summoned the extraordinary Plenum of the Supreme Court.
The financial independence of the court system is not a privilege, given in the interests of the courts, but for the interests of the society, in order to provide independent court in reasonable terms. Judges of the Supreme Court draw the attention that reducement of the budget forcast will essentially influence the execution of court functions.
The General Prosecutor and Minister of Justice are also invited to the Plenum of the Supreme Court.
The Plenum will take place in Room 146. Journalists have to order permits in the Division of Communication, telephones 67020396, 28652211.
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5th of October, 2009
Judges of the Supreme Court in the Plenum on October 5, have elected the Chair of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate Pavels Gruzins and the Chair of the Chamber of Civil Cases Gunars Aigars as deputies of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who executed duties of deputies of the Chief Justice up to now.
Candidatures of Gruzins and Aigars for reelection were nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics, indicating that having worked with previous deputies for more than one year, he evaluated their professionalism and experience, so he nominates their candidatures for reelection.
28 judges voted for election of Pavels Gruzins for the post of deputy of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and 30 judges voted for Gunars Aigars. 31 of 44 judges of the Supreme Court took participated in Plenum.
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5th of October, 2009
On October 5, in the Chamber of Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court it was forcast to begin review of case in accusation of Beatrise Talere, Irena Polikarpova, Raimonda Spore and Raimonds Zundurs. The Judicial Panel of Criminal Cases of Riga region court on February 7, 2008, decided to bring in B. Talere guilty in bribetaking and in conscious passing of unlawful rulings, while being in a post of the judge, I. Polikarpova has been brought in guilty in bribetaking, R. Spore and R. Zundurs have been brought in guilty in bribery.
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5th of October, 2009
The Plenum of the Supreme Court on October 5 has elected the senator of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate Peteris Dzalbe as representative of the Central Election Committee among judges.
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2th of October, 2009
On October 5, the Plenum of the Supreme Court has been summoned, and judges will have to elect deputees of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and member of the Central Election Committee.
It is necessary to elect deputees of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as term of Office of present deputees Pavels Gruzins and Gunars Aigars comes to an end. According to the fourth part of Paragraph 50 of Law „On Judicial Power”, the Plenum elects two deputees of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the term of seven years, and deputees have been elected among Chairs of chambers and Chairs of Departments of the Senate, taking into accout the principle of equal representation of genders.
The competence of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, according to the sixth part of the Paragraph 49 of the law „On Judicial Power” is to elect one member of the Central Election Committee among judges. Since 1994 these duties had been executed by the senator Valda Eilande. As in July of this year Valda Eilande was released from execution of duties of judge due to her retirement, then the Central Election Committee needs a new member among judges.
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1th of October, 2009
With ancillary decision of the department of Administrative Cases of the Senate (further – the Senate) of October 1, it has been decided to inform Prosecutor’s Office about activity of the director of the Department of Education, youth and Sports, actually not providing execution of what had been stated by the sentence of Administrative regional court of March 24, 2009.
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