Supreme Court suspends civil proceedings when a lower court fails to consider Constitutional Court rulings on conflicting laws.

The Supreme Court of Poland quashed lower court judgments and remanded the case for retrial because the courts failed to suspend proceedings. The plaintiff, a judge, sought back pay based on specific judicial salary laws, while the defendant argued for general budgetary rates. The Supreme Court held that the lower courts ignored existing Constitutional Court rulings declaring similar budgetary provisions unconstitutional, thereby violating the duty to suspend proceedings under the Civil Procedure Code.