Tomorrow, February 26, Plenum of the Supreme Court will take place, and judges will elect Chair of the Judicial panel of Criminal Cases. Term of office of the Chair of the Judicial panel is five years.

Ex-Chair of the Judicial panel of Criminal Cases Ivars Bickovics as from June 16, 2008 is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, so Judicial panel needs new Chair. At present duties of the Chair of the Judicial panel of Criminal Cases are executed by judge Ervins Kuskis.

Also during the plenum of the Supreme Court tomorrow it will be necessary to elect secretary of the plenum, because term of office of the secretary is coming to an end, as according to regulations of the plenum, it lasts for three years.

Since year 1999, due to re-selection’, duties of the secretary of the plenum have been executed by the senator of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, Valda Eilande.

Plenum is a general meeting of judges of Judicial panels and the Senate of the Supreme Court, that takes decisions on questions foreseen in a Law „On Judiciary” and regulations of the plenum, as well as discusses topical questions on work of the court.
 

 

Information prepared by

Head of the Division of Communications of the Supreme Court Rasma Zvejniece

E-mail: rasma.zvejniece@at.gov.lv, telephone: 7020396, 28652211