Press releases after the hearing

• K 10/18, Restrictions regarding commerce on Sundays as well as on state and religious holidays

  On 27 July 2021 at 10.30 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the application submitted by the President of the Polish Business Organisation –‘Konfederacja Lewiatan’, which concerned restrictions regarding commerce on Sundays as well as on state and religious holidays.

• SK 60/19, No obligation on the part of the Supreme Court to prepare a statement of reasons for its decision to dismiss a manifestly unfounded cassation appeal; the limited obligation to compensate any damage caused by manifestly unjustified detention pending trial

  On 22 July 2021 at 2 p.m., the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on Mr M.K.’s constitutional complaint which concerned the following: the lack of an obligation on the part of the Supreme Court to prepare a statement of reasons for its decision to dismiss a manifestly unfounded cassation appeal; and the limitation of the State Treasury’s obligation to compensate any damage caused by manifestly unjustified detention pending trial to the direct effects of that detention.

• P 7/20, The obligation of an EU Member State to implement interim measures pertaining to the organisational structure and functioning of constitutional authorities within the judicial branch of government of that Member State

  On 14 July 2021 at 10.00 a.m., at the hearing, the Constitutional Tribunal considered the question of law referred by the Supreme Court as regards the obligation of an EU Member State to implement interim measures pertaining to the organisational structure and functioning of constitutional authorities within the judicial branch of government of that Member...

• SK 19/15, The Geological and Mining Act – parties to proceedings for the granting of a relevant concession

  On 12 May 2021 at noon, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on Ms M. T.’s constitutional complaint concerning parties to proceedings for the granting of a relevant concession. The Constitutional Tribunal adjudicated that Article 41(2) of the Geological and Mining Act of 9 June 2011 (Journal of Laws – Dz. U. of 2020 items 1064 and 1339, as well as of 2021 item 234) is inconsistent with Article 45(1) of the Constitution of the...

• K 20/20, The Polish Ombudsman’s fulfilment of duties after the expiry of the five-year term and until the appointment of the new Ombudsman

  On 15 April 2021, at 9.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling in the case concerning the application filed by a group of Sejm Deputies with regard to the Polish Ombudsman’s fulfilment of duties after the expiry of the five-year term and until the appointment of the new Ombudsman.

• SK 39/19, The taxation of an immovable property of a person conducting economic activity

  On 24 February 2021, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its judgment with regard to Mr Z.W.’s constitutional complaint concerning the taxation of an immovable property of a person conducting economic activity (ref. no. SK 39/19).

• K 1/20, Family planning, the protection of foetuses, and grounds for permitting the termination of a pregnancy

  On 22 October 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal considered the application lodged, by a group of Sejm Deputies (hereinafter: the applicants), with the Tribunal for it to examine the conformity of Article 4a(1)(2) and Article 4a(2), first sentence, of the Act of 7 January 1993 on Family Planning, the Protection of Foetuses, and Grounds for Permitting the Termination of a Pregnancy with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.

• P 13/19, The exclusion of a Supreme Court judge from the examination of a case

  On 2 June 2020 at 11.00 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered its judgment with regard to the question of law referred by the Supreme Court, which concerned a motion to exclude a judge from the examination of a case, due to an allegation raised about the defective appointment of the judge by the President of the Republic, who acted upon the request of the National Council of the Judiciary.

• P 2/18, The exclusion of a limitation period for the recovery of insurance premium receivables secured by a mortgage

  The exclusion of a limitation period for the recovery of social insurance premium receivables secured by a mortgage does not violate the principle of the equal protection of ownership and other property rights. On 20 May 2020 at 10.00, the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the question of law, referred by the Circuit Court in Gliwice (the 8th Division – Labour and Social Insurance), pertaining to the exclusion of a limitation period for the recovery of insurance premium...

• P 19/16, The exclusion of the application of provisions on court costs in electronic writ-of-payment proceedings (parties deprived of the right to request exemption from court costs)

  On 29 April 2020 the Constitutional Tribunal delivered its ruling on the question of law, referred by the Circuit Court in Lublin (2nd Civil Division – the appellate instance), pertaining to the exclusion of the application of provisions on court costs in electronic writ-of-payment proceedings, as a result of which parties to those proceedings are deprived of the right to request exemption from court costs (case ref. no. P 19/16).

• P 22/19, A motion to exclude a judge from the examination of a case, due to an allegation raised about the defective appointment of the judge by the President of the Republic, who acted upon the request of the National Council of the Judiciary

  On 4 March 2020 at 11:30 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal publicly delivered its judgment with regard to the question of law referred by the Supreme Court, the Disciplinary Chamber, which concerned a motion to exclude a judge from the examination of a case, due to an allegation raised about the defective appointment of the judge by the President of the Republic, who acted upon the request of the National Council of the Judiciary.

• K 14/17, Aggregated penalties; the Polish Penal Code

  On 18 April 2019 at 9 a.m., the Constitutional Tribunal considered the Polish Ombudsman’s application concerning aggregated penalties (the Penal Code).