Reference on retroactive effect of constitutional decision for age-limit allowance declared inadmissible
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the reference for a preliminary ruling on a question of law submitted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, thereby leaving the lower court to resolve the case without binding guidance from the supreme judicial body. The dispute concerned labor law and social insurance, specifically whether Constitutional Court Decision No. 261/2022 produces legal effects during the period between February 27, 2021, and June 10, 2021, for an employee who had not initiated litigation regarding their right to an age-limit allowance under Article 49 of Law No. 96/2006 prior to the publication of that constitutional decision. The procedural basis for the dismissal was Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the admissibility requirements for references to the High Court's Panel for Resolving Questions of Law.
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AI generatedart. 49 din Legea nr. 96/2006, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Reference on retroactive effect of constitutional decision for age-limit allowance declared inadmissible: The dispute concerned labor law and social insurance, specifically whether Constitutional Court Decision No. 261/2022 produces legal effects during the period between February 27, 2021, and June 10, 2021, for an employee who had not initiated litigation regarding their right to an age-limit allowance under Article 49 of Law No. 96/2006 prior to the publication of that constitutional decision. The procedural basis for the dismissal was Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the admissibility requirements for references to the High Court's Panel for Resolving Questions of Law.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 64 Dosar nr. 1738/1/2024
Ședința din 28 octombrie 2024
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Bucureşti – Secţia a VIII-a conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în Dosarul nr. 3.570/99/2023, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
„Produce efecte Decizia Curţii Constituţionale nr. 261/2022 în intervalul 27.02.2021-10.06.2021, în cazul concret al reclamantului, care nu sesizase instanţa de judecată cu o acţiune referitoare la dreptul său la plata indemnizaţiei pentru limită de vârstă, prevăzută de art. 49 din Legea nr. 96/2006, până la momentul publicării Deciziei Curţii Constituţionale nr. 261/2022 în Monitorul Oficial?
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 28 octombrie 2024.