III SK 26/04
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Supreme Court voids appeal proceedings due to a delegated judge presiding without Ministry approval.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court voided the first-instance proceedings because a delegated district judge presided over the case without the required Ministry of Justice approval. The Competition Authority had imposed a fine on a company for monopoly practices, which the company challenged directly to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that such delegation inherently violates the principle that a lower court judge cannot lead a higher court's bench without specific ministerial authorization.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 379 pkt 4 k.p.c.; Art. 46 § 1 Prawa o ustroju sądów powszechnych: A judge delegated from a lower court to preside in a higher court's first-instance single-judge session without Ministry of Justice approval renders the proceedings void.
Keywords
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void proceedings
delegated judge
Ministry approval
court hierarchy
presiding judge
competition law
procedural nullity
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 379 pkt 4 k.p.c.
Art. 46 § 1 Prawa o ustroju sądów powszechnych
Art. 393 § 11 k.p.c.
Art. 393 § 13 k.p.c.
Art. 386 § 2 k.p.c.
Art. 393 § 19 k.p.c.
art. 379 pkt 4 k.p.c
art. 39311 § 1 k.p.c
art. 47 k.p.c
art. 47 § 3 k.p.c
Cited Case Law
AI generatedI CKN 825/97
II CKN 600/97
III SK 19/04