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Constitutional appeal dismissed as moot due to new elections for the Superior Council of the Judiciary.

Case Number TC_19980324
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court declared the appeal against the Superior Council of the Judiciary moot and extinguished it. Although the applicant challenged specific articles regarding judicial election procedures, new elections had already taken place in the same year. Consequently, the court ruled that the legal challenge had become irrelevant and no longer served any practical purpose.

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Art. 70(1)(b) and (g) of the Law of the Constitutional Court; A constitutional appeal is extinguished if the subject matter of the challenge has ceased to exist or become moot due to supervening events, such as the holding of new elections.

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mootness extinction of appeal supervening events new elections Constitutional Court jurisdictional body procedural dismissal

Cited Legislation

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Art. 70(1)(b) and (g) of the Law of the Constitutional Court
Art. 20(2) of the Electoral Procedure Law of the Superior Council of the Judiciary
Art. 164(1) of Law No. 21/85
Art. 164(2) of Law No. 21/85

Cited Case Law

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Acórdão n.º 262/97
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TC_20010250
Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses claim of nullity and costs reduction for supervenient case utility. The court rejected arguments that a prior Supreme Court decision on case utility bound it or that the Constitutional Court omitted a ruling. The court held that the prior decision did not preclude the Constitutional Court from addressing the remaining constitutional question and that the costs were legally justified. The court ruled that the prior decision on case utility did not bind the Constitutional Court, allowing it to address the remaining constitutional question. The court affirmed that costs were legally justified under the relevant statutes. The court rejected the claim of nullity and the request for costs reduction. The court held that the prior decision did not preclude the Constitutional Court from addressing the remaining constitutional question. The court affirmed that costs were legally justified under the relevant statutes. The court rejected the claim of nullity and the request for costs reduction.
TC_20010096
Constitutional Court dismisses lawyer's appeal regarding election nullity and fee exemption, upholding statutory interpretation.
1088/19
Portuguese Constitutional Court dismisses claim that final appeal on fines violates right to effective judicial review.
347/87
Constitutional Court dismisses appeal as lower court did not apply the contested unconstitutional law.
TC_19970633
Constitutional appeal dismissed due to supervening unavailability of the contested norm following a favorable administrative ruling.

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Acórdão 324/98

ACÓRDÃO Nº 324/98

Proc. nº 459/97

Cons. Messias Bento

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Recorrente: J...

Recorrido: Conselho Superior da Magistratura

O presente recurso vem interposto, ao abrigo das alíneas b) e g) do nº 1 do artigo 70º da Lei do Tribunal Constitucional, do acórdão do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, de 26 de Junho de 1997. Tem por objecto as seguintes normas:

a) o artigo 20º, nº 2, do Processo Eleitoral do Conselho Superior da Magistratura (aprovado em 15 de Julho de 1985 e publicado no Diário da República, II série, de 13 de Agosto de 1985, tendo sido alterado por deliberação de 22 de Novembro de 1994, publicada no Diário da República, II série, de 13 de Dezembro de 1994), que foi julgado inconstitucional pelo acórdão deste Tribunal nº 262/97, proferido nestes autos;

b) o artigo 164º, nº 1, da Lei nº 21/85, de 30 de Julho, interpretada "no sentido de ser a norma esclarecida e precisada pelo citado artigo 20º, nº 2 [...], e cuja inconstitucionalidade se lhe comunica";

c) o artigo 164º, nº 2, da mesma Lei nº 21/85, "na interpretação acolhida no acórdão ora recorrido".

Independentemente do bem ou mal fundado da exposição do relator, o certo é que, tendo, entretanto, havido, no corrente ano, novas eleições para o Conselho Superior da Magistratura, o recurso tornou-se supervenientemente inútil, o que conduz à sua extinção.

Isto posto, o Tribunal decide julgar extinto o recurso.

Lisboa, 5 de Maio de 1998

Messias Bento

Luis Nunes de Almeida

Guilherme da Fonseca

José de Sousa e Brito

Maria dos Prazeres Beleza

Bravo Serra

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa