Supreme Court allows pension claim by revoking lower court ruling denying early retirement due to missing repatriation card.

The Supreme Court of Poland revoked a lower court decision that denied an early pension to a worker who lacked a repatriation card. The applicant argued that his work in the former USSR should count toward pension eligibility, while the lower court insisted the card was the sole proof of repatriation status. The Supreme Court held that the lower court erred by failing to inform the applicant of alternative methods to prove Polish citizenship under the relevant citizenship act, thereby violating the principle of trust in legal institutions.