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III RN 45/00 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal on scholarship denial, ruling general administrative court jurisdiction prevails over specific university law exceptions.

Case Number III RN 45/00
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

AI generated

The Supreme Court of Poland allowed a student's appeal against a university's refusal of a scholarship, overturning a lower administrative court's dismissal. The lower court had incorrectly interpreted a specific university statute as excluding all scholarship decisions from administrative court review. The Supreme Court clarified that general administrative court jurisdiction under the Administrative Court Act prevails unless explicitly excluded by a specific law, which was not the case here.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 16 ust. 1 pkt 1 ustawy o Naczelnym Sądzie Administracyjnym; Art. 161 ustawy o szkolnictwie wyższym: General administrative court jurisdiction over administrative decisions prevails over specific statutory exclusions unless clearly and explicitly provided by a special act.

Keywords

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administrative court jurisdiction scholarship denial appeal lex specialis lex generalis university administrative decisions administrative court act special law exclusion constitutional review

Cited Legislation

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Art. 16 ust. 1 pkt 1 of the Act on the Supreme Administrative Court
Art. 161 of the Higher Education Act
Art. 20 ust. 3 of the Act on the Supreme Administrative Court
Art. 27 ust. 2 of the Act on the Supreme Administrative Court
Art. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Art. 45 ust. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
Art. 77 ust. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
art. 77 ust. 2 Konstytucji
art. 2 Konstytucji
art. 77 ust. 2 Konstytucji RP

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