Supreme Court allows widow's claim for veteran status despite death before 1991 law entry into force.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the lower court's dismissal of Sabina S.'s claim for veteran status benefits. The applicant sought rights for her deceased husband, who was deported to the USSR in 1940 and died in 1973, arguing the law should apply retroactively. The court ruled that the statute of limitations does not apply to such claims because the relevant law contains no time limits and denying rights would contradict the law's primary purpose of protecting victims of war and repression.