Case No 2011-21-01

Applicant: Latvijas Republikas Augstākās tiesas Senāta Administratīvo lietu departaments
Date of the judgment: 06.06.2012.
Official publication: 07.06.2012.

On Compliance of Section 8 (2) of Law on Compensation for Losses Caused by State Administration Institutions with the third sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: The Personal Losses

Constitutional Court held:
1. The word “only” of Section 8 (2) of the Law on Compensation for Losses Caused by State Administration Institutions do not comply with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and shall be declared as null and void as from the date of its adoption.
2. Section 8 (2) of the Law on Compensation for Losses Caused by State Administration Institutions shall be applied by analogically applying the list of non-material rights and interests included in the words “or other non-material rights or interest protected by law” included in the first paragraph of the same section.

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Press-releases

• The Constitutional Court recognized the norm prohibiting a legal persons receive compensation for non-material detriment as anticonstitutional
• The Constitutional Court initiates a case on the right of legal person to a fair compensation

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