The Constitutional Court announces the court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01 in the official publication

The Constitutional Court has announced a court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01. The notice was published in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis on November 6, 2026, in issue No. 215, with the official reference OP 2026/215, as point 5 of the “Constitutional Court” section. The title of the entry is “Regarding the court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01”, while its content designation is “Constitutional Court Information”.

The case was registered with a 2025 number, meaning its examination has been ongoing for two years. For comparison: in the November 2, 2026 issue, the court announced the initiation of case No. 2026-19-0103, and in the November 4 issue – cases No. 2026-20-0103, No. 2026-21-01, and No. 2026-22-0103. Today’s news concerns a different stage of the process: not the initiation of a case, but rather its examination at a court hearing.

What exactly was stated in the official notice

The notice is concise and records only a few formal elements:

• publisher – Latvijas Vēstnesis, the official gazette of the Republic of Latvia;
• publication date – November 6, 2026, No. 215;
• official reference – OP 2026/215, point 5;
• institution – Constitutional Court;
• subject – court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01;
• document type – “Constitutional Court Information”.

The notice in this issue does not specify the contested norm, the applicant, the date, time, or location of the hearing. This means that the reader must look for this data in the court’s full notice, rather than in the summary entry of the official gazette.

Why the announcement of the hearing is a turning point

The announcement of a court hearing marks the moment when a case has passed the preparation stage and has reached the examination phase. It is specifically at the hearing that the court hears the applicant, the issuer of the act whose norm is being contested, and invited persons. After the hearing, the case proceeds to the preparation of the judgment.

The outcome of a constitutional review is not merely a dispute between parties. If a norm is found to be inconsistent with the Constitution, it loses its force – either from the day the judgment is published or by a later date determined by the court to allow the legislator time to rectify the regulation. Consequently, the effects impact all addressees: institutions, municipalities, companies, and private individuals to whom the norm applies.

Place within the structure of the November 6 issue

The notice is placed among other news from constitutional institutions, which helps assess the weight of the agenda:

• Point 4 – the resignation of Edvards Smiltēns from the office of Minister of Justice, Prime Minister’s Order No. 2026/1.2.1.-320;
• Point 5 – court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01;
• Point 6 – Competition Council Decision No. 47 regarding the merger of market participants.

Also published in the same issue are binding regulations and decisions of local governments – including Ādaži Municipality Council regulations No. 32/2026, No. 33/2026, and No. 35/2026, as well as Kuldīga Municipality Council regulations No. 17/2026 and No. 18/2026.

What this means for the reader

Case No. 2025-36-01 has not yet been heard, and its outcome is currently unknown – the official publication only records the announcement of the hearing. The court’s judgment will be binding on all state and local government institutions, and the legislator must also follow it if the norm is recognized as invalid. Official notice OP 2026/215, point 5, is the first public signal regarding this stage, and further news about the course of the hearing and the judgment will be found in the documents published by the Constitutional Court.

Source: Latvijas Vēstnesis, November 6, 2026, No. 215, OP 2026/215, point 5, “On the court hearing in case No. 2025-36-01”, Constitutional Court information (vestnesis-2026-11-06-215.full.md).