Individual constitutional complaint inadmissible where administrative court jurisdiction provides a reasonable path for challenging statutory norm
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Austrian Constitutional Court (VfGH) dismissed the individual constitutional complaint, ruling that the applicant lacked standing because a suitable and reasonable legal remedy was available. The dispute centered on an individual application under Art. 140(1) B-VG challenging the constitutionality of a specific statutory provision. The decisive legal doctrine established is that the existence of a "reasonable path" (zumutbarer Weg) for judicial review, which would exclude standing for a direct constitutional complaint, does not depend on whether the administrative court (VwGH) actually agrees with the party's argument that the law is unconstitutional; rather, the mere availability of the administrative court's jurisdiction to hear the objection suffices to preclude the individual application.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiertArt. 140 Abs. 1 B-VG; If a party has already invoked the Administrative Court to challenge a law's constitutionality and that court rejected the claim, the existence of an adequate alternative legal remedy is not determined by whether the Administrative Court agrees with the party's criticism, thereby precluding a subsequent constitutional complaint.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertZitierte Rechtsprechung
KI-generiertVolltext
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Art140 Abs1 B-VG; Individualantrag - Legitimation; für das Vorliegen eines den Rechtsschutz gegen rechtswidrige Normen gewährenden, die Antragslegitimation ausschließenden zumutbaren Weges iS der Rechtsprechung des VfGH (VfSlg. 8009/1977, 8890/1980) ist nicht ausschlaggebend, ob und inwieweit der von einer Partei auch angerufene VwGH der Kritik der Partei an der Verfassungsmäßigkeit einer Gesetzesbestimmung beitritt (vgl. VfSlg. 8552/1979)