Press releases after the hearing

• SK 16/12, Rules for determining the amount of a given old-age pension.

  The challenged provision of the Act on Old-Age and Disability Pensions from the Social Insurance Fund is consistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 11 July 2013 at 11 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered a constitutional complaint, submitted by Ms A.P., which concerned rules for determining the amount of a given old-age pension. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that Article 21(3) of the Act of 17 December 1998 on...

• K 33/12, The Act on the ratification of the European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (2011/199/EU)

  At the hearing on 26 June 2013 at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal (full bench) considered an application, submitted by a group of Sejm Deputies, concerning the Act on the ratification of the European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (2011/199/EU). The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that...

• P 35/12, Judges’ remuneration

  A freeze in the remuneration of judges in 2012 did not infringe the Constitution. At the hearing on 13 June 2013 at 1.00 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined questions of law, referred by the District Court for the Districts of Poznań-Grunwald and Jeżyce in Poznań (the 5th Labour Division) and the District Court in Gliwice (the 6th Labour and Social Insurance Division), concerning judges’ remuneration. The Constitutional Tribunal...

• SK 11/11, The maximum permissible hours of work to be specified for common court judges.

  The challenged provision is consistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 7 May 2013 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered a constitutional complaint, submitted by Mr Tomasz C., which concerned specifying the maximum permissible hours of work for common court judges. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that Article 83 of the Act of 27 July 2001 - the Law on the Organisational Structure of Common Courts (hereinafter: the...

• K 12/12, The closing down of adoption and care centres, criteria for setting up adoption centres, and the amount of benefits for foster families

  The different amounts of benefits aimed at covering child maintenance costs that are provided for in the Act on Support for Families and on the Foster Care System are consistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 23 April 2013 at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application, submitted by a group of Sejm Deputies, with regard to the closing down of adoption and care centres, criteria for setting up adoption centres, and the amount of benefits for...

• K 11/12, The application of direct coercive measures and the use of firearms or sniffer dogs by the functionaries of the Prison Service and the functionaries of the Government Protection Bureau.

  The challenged statutory authorisations are inconsistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 26 March 2013 at 8.30 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered joined applications, submitted by the Public Prosecutor-General, with regard to the application of direct coercive measures and the use of firearms or sniffer dogs by the functionaries of the Prison Service and the functionaries of the Government Protection Bureau. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated...

• K 27/12, The Act on the Organisational Structure of Common Courts

  At the hearing on 21 March 2013 at 9 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal (full bench) considered joined applications, submitted by a group of Sejm Deputies and the National Council of the Judiciary, with regard to the Act on the Organisational Structure of Common Courts. In the judgment of 27 March 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal...

• K 25/10, The return of property to church entities and Jewish Communities (the participation of the units of local self-government in the so-called regulatory proceedings)

  The challenged provisions of the Act on Relations Between the State and Jewish Communities in the Republic of Poland are consistent with the Constitution. At the hearings on 9 January and 13 March 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal (full bench) considered an application, submitted by the Polish Ombudsman, with regard to the return of property to church entities and Jewish Communities (the participation of the units of local self-government in the so-called...

• U 2/11, Medical examination or other actions carried out with the participation of the accused or the suspect.

  The challenged provisions are inconsistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 5 March 2013 at 9 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application, submitted by the Polish Ombudsman, with regard to medical examination or other actions carried out with the participation of the accused or the suspect The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that: 1. § 5(1) of the Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 23 February 2005 on medical...

• P 14/11, The terms of withholding and renewing the payment of old-age benefits

  At the hearing on 19 February 2013 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered a question of law, referred by the Court of Appeal in Warsaw, 3rd Labour and Social Insurance Division, concerningthe terms of withholding and renewing the payment of old-age benefits. I. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that Article 46(1) of the Act of 18 February 1994 on Old-Age Pensions of Functionaries of the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign...

• K 6/12, Exemption from the requirement of undergoing legal training for trainee advocates, as well as a new form of an examination for trainee advocates

  At the hearing on 12 February 2013 at 1 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application, submitted by the National Council of Advocates, an exemption from the requirement of undergoing legal training for trainee advocates, as well as a new form of an examination for trainee advocates. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that: 1. Article 66(1)(4)(b) of the Act of 26 May 1982 - the Law on the Profession of Advocate

• K 25/11, The terms of communication between a person detained pending trial and his/her counsel for the defence

  The lack of premisses the occurrence of which would authorise a prosecutor to permit the monitoring of correspondence carried out between a suspect and his/her counsel for the defence is inconsistent with the Constitution. At the hearing on 10 December 2012 at 10 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered an application, submitted by the Polish Ombudsman, with regard to the terms of communication between a person detained pending trial and his/her counsel...