Press releases

• P 1/21, Placement in a psychiatric facility on the basis of a court decision that is not final

  On 4 February 2026, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the question of law – referred by the Disciplinary Court at the Court of Appeal in Szczecin [hereinafter: the court referring the question] – with regard to placement in a psychiatric facility on the basis of a court decision that is not final.

• K 13/22, Credit cooperatives’ obligations to maintain the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities, as set by the Bank Guarantee Fund

  On 10 December 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal was to consider the Public Prosecutor-General’s application concerning credit cooperatives’ obligations to maintain the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities, which had been set by the Bank Guarantee Fund.

• K 2/23, Public disclosure of the asset declarations of judges and assistant judges as well as the obligation to inform about assets constituting part of conjugal property

  On 2 December 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling issued with regard to the application of the First President of the Supreme Court which concerned the public disclosure of the asset declarations of judges and assistant judges as well as the obligation to inform about assets constituting part of conjugal property.

• K 24/20, The competent court’s determination of the existence or non-existence of a judge’s service relationship

  On 26 November 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the application of the First President of the Supreme Court with regard to the competent court’s determination of the existence or non-existence of a judge’s service relationship.

• U 4/25, The Minister of Justice’s Regulation amending the Regulation on the Rules of Procedure for Common Courts; a departure from the statutory mechanism of allocating cases to judges by means of a draw

  On 12 November 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal considered the joined applications, lodged by the National Council of the Judiciary and the President of the Republic of Poland, with regard to the Minister of Justice’s Regulation amending the Regulation on the Rules of Procedure for Common Courts, which provided for a departure from the statutory mechanism of allocating cases to judges by means of a draw.

• SK 51/20, No possibility of debt recovery from the bankrupt entity’s assets where the creditors could not have known of a motion for bankruptcy received by the court

  On 8 October 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling issued with regard to the constitutional complaint concerning the lack of the possibility of debt recovery from the bankrupt entity’s assets where the creditors could not have known that a motion for bankruptcy was received by the competent court.

• Kp 2/25, The status of a Sejm Deputy or Senator deprived of liberty

  On 9 July and 1 October 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal considered the application lodged by the President of the Republic of Poland with regard to the status of a Sejm Deputy or Senator deprived of liberty.

• Kp 3/25, Grounds for penalising hate speech

  On 8 July and 30 September 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal considered the application lodged by the President of the Republic of Poland with regard to grounds for penalising hate speech.

• Kp 3/24, Two Bills adopted by the Parliament with regard to the Constitutional Tribunal

  At the hearings on 2 April and 29 July 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal considered, in the course of an a priori review, the joined applications by the President of the Republic of Poland, lodged with regard to the Constitutional Tribunal Bill of 13 September 2024 and the Bill of 13 September 2024 – the Introductory Provisions to the Constitutional Tribunal Act, both adopted by the Polish Parliament.

• K 8/23, No possibility for a case to be considered by the Constitutional Tribunal en banc (with the participation of 11 judges of the said Tribunal)

  On 15 July 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling issued with regard to the Prime Minister’s application concerning the provisions specifying a quorum for the Constitutional Tribunal sitting en banc.The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that Article 37(2), first sentence, of the Act of 30 November 2016 on the O

• K 2/25, The 2025 State Budget Act

  On 6 May 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal – after considering, at the hearing, the application of the President of the Republic of Poland, lodged to institute an a posteriori review – delivered its judgment on the 2025 State Budget Act’s provisions determining expenditure ceilings for the Constitutional Tribunal and the National Council of the Judiciary.

• SK 87/19, The powers of a competent court official to adjudicate on court-appointed legal representation, district courts’ review of such decisions; the mandatory requirement of professional legal representation in proceedings before the Supreme Administrative Court

  On 29 January 2025, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the constitutional complaints concerning the powers of a competent court official to adjudicate on court-appointed legal representation, district courts’ review of such decisions; the mandatory requirement of professional legal representation in proceedings before the Supreme Administrative Court.