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II UKN 581/01 AI generated

Supreme Court dismissed cassation, ruling courts cannot apply unconstitutional laws retroactively to pending cases.

Case Number II UKN 581/01
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

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The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a lower court's decision to award a suspended military pension. The appellant argued that a constitutional court ruling invalidating a specific pension suspension clause should not apply retroactively to facts occurring before the ruling's publication. The court rejected this, citing established precedent that courts must not apply unconstitutional laws to pending cases, even if the law was technically valid at the time of the facts.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 190 ust. 3 Konstytucji RP; Art. 393 § 1 KPC: Courts must not apply a statutory provision recognized by the Constitutional Tribunal as unconstitutional to cases pending at the time of the recognition, regardless of when the factual circumstances occurred.

Keywords

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unconstitutional law application retroactive effect of constitutionality military pension suspension cassation appeal dismissal Constitutional Tribunal ruling

Cited Legislation

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Art. 190 ust. 3 Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
art. 104 ust. 7 ustawy z dnia 17 grudnia 1998 r. o emeryturach i rentach z Funduszu Ubezpieczeń Społecznych
art. 40 ustawy z dnia 10 grudnia 1993 r. o zaopatrzeniu emerytalnym żołnierzy zawodowych oraz ich rodzin
art. 393 § 1 KPC
art. 190 ust. 3 Konstytucji
art. 2 Konstytucji
art. 32 Konstytucji
art. 190 ust. 4 Konstytucji

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