Supreme Court quashes administrative court decision due to ineffective service of summons under Civil Procedure Code.

The Supreme Court of Poland quashed the Naczelnego Sądu Administracyjnego's decision rejecting a complaint against a billboard demolition order. The lower court had deemed service of a summons effective via postal notification, but the Ombudsman argued the notice was not properly affixed to the recipients' doorsteps as required by law. The court ruled that without strict adherence to the specific conditions for substitute service under the Civil Procedure Code, the procedural defect invalidated the entire process, thereby protecting the right to a fair trial.