Date of the judgment: 28.11.2011.
Official publication: 01.12.2011.
On Compliance of the Second Sentence of Section 22 (1) of Law On Land Reform in Rural Areas of the Republic of Latvia with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Case short name: The Land of AbreneConstitutional Court held:
1. The second sentence of Section 22 (1) of the Law “On Land Reform in Rural Areas of the Republic of Latvia” insofar as it applies to persons whose ownership right has been restored by grating land of an equivalent value in another administrative territory due to objective reasons shall not comply with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.
2. The second sentence of Section 22 (1) of the Law “On Land Reform in Rural Areas of the Republic of Latvia” insofar as it applies to Ms Inta Bogdānova and other persons, whose ownership right has been restored by granting land of an equivalent value in another administrative territory due to objective reasons and who have not been assured performance of cadastral survey of the land due to the fact that they have started litigating shall not comply with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and shall be declared as null and void as from the date of its adoption.