Translations summaries
27 November 1998
Decision 49/1998. on legal remedy
Subject of the case:
Provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the right to legal remedy
23 November 1998
Decision 48/1998. on abortion
Subject of the case:
Act LXXIX of 1992 on the protection of the life of the foetus
26 October 1998
Decision 1042/B/1997. on the State funding schools
Subject of the case:
Provisions of the Public Education Act because, according to the petitioners, the Act, by regulating the funding mechanism of State and church schools and private schools in different ways, violates the prohibition of discrimination
2 October 1998
Decision 42/1998. on the investigation rights of the Ombudsmen
Subject of the case:
Ombudsmen having the right to investigate or initiate the investigation of cases involving constitutional rights at the Public Prosecutor’s Office
25 June 1998
Decision 30/1998. on the prohibition of restraint of trade
Subject of the case:
Article 1, first and second paragraphs and Article 6 of the Annex to Government Decree 230/1996 (XII. 26.) on the promulgation of Hungarian-EC Association Council Decision 2/96 on the implementation rules of Article 62(1), points (i) and (ii), and Article 62(2) of the Europe Agreement on the establishment of the association between the Republic of Hungary and the European Communities and their Member States
16 June 1998
Decision 27/1998. on MPs forming partys
Subject of the case:
The Parliament failing to guarantee that MPs who are not members of any party fraction can be members either of a permanent or an ad hoc committe
9 June 1998
Decision 23/1998. on new trials
Subject of the case:
The Act on Civil Procedure according to which the Parliament should determine the legal consequences of a successful complaint to make it possible for petitioners to move for a new trial of their case by ordinary courts
8 May 1998
Decision 16/1998. on Social Security Self-governing bodies
Subject of the case:
The legitimacy of the Social Security Self-governing bodies and whether they are based on democratic legitimacy as required by Article 2.1 and 2.2 of the Constitution
8 April 1998
Decision 10/1998. on personal income tax
Subject of the case:
Ex post facto review of some provisions of the Act CXXVI of 1996 and of the Act as a whole
11 March 1998
Decision 6/1998. on obtaining copies of criminal case files
Subject of the case:
Article 114.4 of the Act on the Code of Criminal Procedure that states that the defence counsel or the accused cannot have access to those files which contain State or official secrets
24 February 1998
Decision 793/B/1997. on the using of the document that contains the testimony
Subject of the case:
Article 83 of Act I of 1973 on the Code of Criminal Procedure according to which the document containing the testimony could be used if the person who testified cannot be heard, the person refuses to testify or the document is contrary to the testimony
9 February 1998
Decision 1260/B/1997. on the terms of election
Subject of the case:
Provisions of the Act on the Amendment to the Constitution concerning the term for elections for Parliament and for local governments