Judiciary of Austria
Probe into prosecutor’s handling of Tempe complaints
A Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered a probe into possible disciplinary liabilities on the part of a prosecutor in Larissa, who, in the context of the investigation of the 2023 Tempe railway collision, shelved complaints against political figures, instead of forwarding them to Parliament.
Security breach at Thessaloniki courthouse was ‘quite serious,’ minister says
The gap in the security of the courthouse in Thessaloniki where a parcel bomb sent to a senior judge was found and defused on Monday was "quite serious," Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis said on Tuesday.
Top court’s rulings binding for everyone: Top judge
Constitutional Court President Zühtü Arslan underlined that the rulings by the top court are binding for everyone, including the executive, legislative, and judiciary bodies, after some of its verdicts have not been implemented by the lower and appeal courts.
Special Supreme Court to rule on cuts’ constitutionality
The Special Supreme Court will decide on the constitutionality or otherwise of the abolition of the Christmas and Easter bonus, as well as the leave allowance to supplementary pensions, as the country's two highest courts have offered different verdicts on the matter.
Two top courts at loggerheads
The Supreme Court of Appeals has decided to file criminal complaints against members of the Constitutional Court over a profound disagreement on the case of imprisoned Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP) lawmaker Can Atalay, in a first and unprecedented legal dispute in the history of the Turkish judiciary.
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Parliament ethics panel agrees on lifting immunity of far-right MPs
The Greek Parliament's Ethics Committee unanimously agreed on the lifting the immunity of 11 lawmakers of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party, following a request by the Supreme Court which is investigating accusations of electoral fraud during this year's legislative elections.
The request will not have to be submitted to the Parliament's plenary for a vote.
Supreme Court to decide fate of Kasidiaris party
Τhe Supreme Court will on Tuesday decide the fate of the National Party founded by the convicted criminal and former Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris.
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Below-par judges costing the judiciary
When the current president of the Supreme Court, Maria Georgiou, assumed office in June 2021, she immediately ruled that judges who were not doing their jobs properly, to the detriment of citizens and the institution of the judiciary, should be removed.
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Supreme Court: Iran sanctions-evasion case against Halkbank to proceed
Expert Jonathan Schanzer, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Senior Vice President for Research, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the Supreme Court decision this week that the Turkish state-owned Halkbank remains subject to criminal prosecution in US courts for conspiring to evade US sanctions against Iran.
Request for appellate-level magistrate to take charge of Tempe rail crash inquiry
The head of the Larissa Appeals Court Prosecutors' office, Stamatis Daskalopoulos, on Monday officially requested that the Larissa Appeals Justices' Council convene in full to decide on the appointment of an appellate-level examining magistrate to investigate the Tempe rail crash, due to the seriousness of the case.