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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Stanisław Pomian-Srzednicki]] |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1 September 1917 – 28 February 1922 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1 September 1917 – 28 February 1922 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Franciszek Nowodworski]] |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1 March 1922 – 3 August 1924 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1 March 1922 – 3 August 1924 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Władysław Seyda]] |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |22 September 1924 – 17 January 1929 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |22 September 1924 – 17 January 1929 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Leon Supiński]] |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Leon Supiński]] |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |17 January 1929 – 1 September 1939 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |17 January 1929 – 1 September 1939 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Wacław Barcikowski]] |
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |26 January 1945 – 12 November 1956 |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |26 January 1945 – 12 November 1956 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Lech Gardocki]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |17 October 1998 – 18 October 2010<ref>Pierwsza kadencja w okresie 17 X 1998 – 17 X 2004, druga kadencja od 18 X 2004 do 18 X 2010.</ref> |
| style="text-align:center;" |17 October 1998 – 18 October 2010<ref>Pierwsza kadencja w okresie 17 X 1998 – 17 X 2004, druga kadencja od 18 X 2004 do 18 X 2010.</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"|[[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] |
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Stanisław Dąbrowski (1947–2014)|Stanisław Dąbrowski]] |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Stanisław Dąbrowski (1947–2014)|Stanisław Dąbrowski]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |19 October 2010 – 9 January 2014 |
| style="text-align:center;" |19 October 2010 – 9 January 2014 |
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |[[Bronisław Komorowski]] |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |[[Bronisław Komorowski]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[Małgorzata Gersdorf]] |
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Małgorzata Gersdorf]] |
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| style="text-align:center;" |30 April 2014 – 30 April 2020 |
| style="text-align:center;" |30 April 2014 – 30 April 2020 |
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierwszy Prezes Sądu Najwyższego – prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Gersdorf|url=http://www.sn.pl/osadzienajwyzszym/SitePages/Organizacja.aspx?ListName=Org_PPSN|agency=sn.pl|accessdate=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref name="Małgorzata Gersdorf">{{cite web|title=Małgorzata Gersdorf I Prezesem Sądu Najwyższego|url=http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum-bronislawa-komorowskiego/aktualnosci/nominacje/art,771,malgorzata-gersdorf-i-prezesem-sadu-najwyzszego.html|agency=Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|date=30.04.2014|accessdate=2016-05-02}}</ref> |
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|title=Pierwszy Prezes Sądu Najwyższego – prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Gersdorf|url=http://www.sn.pl/osadzienajwyzszym/SitePages/Organizacja.aspx?ListName=Org_PPSN|agency=sn.pl|accessdate=2018-07-21}}</ref><ref name="Małgorzata Gersdorf">{{cite web|title=Małgorzata Gersdorf I Prezesem Sądu Najwyższego|url=http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum-bronislawa-komorowskiego/aktualnosci/nominacje/art,771,malgorzata-gersdorf-i-prezesem-sadu-najwyzszego.html|agency=Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|date=30.04.2014|accessdate=2016-05-02}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Dariusz Zawistowski]]'' |
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| style="text-align:center;" |''13 September – 31 December 2018'' |
| style="text-align:center;" |''13 September – 31 December 2018'' |
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| style="text-align:center;" |<small>''(disputed)<ref name=":0" />''</small> ''acting, rejected the appointment and insisted that Małgorzata Gersdorf remained in office'' |
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| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Aleksander Stępkowski]]'' |
| style="text-align:center;" |''[[Aleksander Stępkowski]]'' |
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| style="text-align:center;" |''15 May 2020 – 25 May 2020'' |
| style="text-align:center;" |''15 May 2020 – 25 May 2020'' |
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| style="text-align:center;" |<small>''(disputed)<ref name=":0" />''</small> ''acting'' |
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Supreme Court of Poland | |
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Polish: Sąd Najwyższy | |
Established | September 1, 1917 |
Location | Warsaw |
Composition method | Presidential nomination |
Authorised by | Constitution of Poland |
Number of positions | 120 (by statute) |
Website | sn |
First President of the Supreme Court | |
Currently | Małgorzata Manowska (disputed) |
Since | May 25, 2020 |
The Supreme Court (Polish: Sąd Najwyższy) is the highest court in the Republic of Poland. It is located in the Krasiński Square, Warsaw.
One of the chambers of the Supreme Court, the Disciplinary Chamber, was suspended by a judgment of the CJEU. Despite the judgment, the chamber continues to operate. [1][2]
Function
The Supreme Court supervises the adjudication in:
- General courts: these are district, circuit, and appeal courts. They adjudicate in the areas of civil, criminal, family and labour law.
- Military courts: these are circuit and garrison courts. They deal with matters relating to crimes committed by soldiers in active service, civilian employees in military units, and prisoners of war.
The Supreme Court is the court of last resort of appeal against judgements in the lower courts (except for administrative courts). It also passes resolutions to clarify specific legal provisions and resolve disputable questions in specific cases. These however are not (at least technically) legally binding.
Appointment of judges
The President of Poland appoints Supreme Court judges for an indefinite period. This is done upon a motion of the National Council of the Judiciary. The President also selects the First President of the court from candidates presented by the General Assembly of the Supreme Court. The First President holds office for a six-year term, though he or she may be dismissed by the Sejm upon a motion by the President if found convicted of a crime.
In July 2018 a new law came into force which lowers the mandatory retirement age from 70 to 65. The introduction of this law is contested and the constitutionality of the law is being assessed. Critics have argued the law is aimed at removing non-pliant judges and installing appointees desired by the current government, led by the Law and Justice party.
2017–2018 Constitutional Crisis
In 2017 the Polish government passed a law which would have forced all Supreme Court judges into mandatory retirement apart from those granted an extension by the Minister of Justice. The bill was passed in the Polish Sejm and the Senate however following mass protests against the bill it was ultimately vetoed by President Andrzej Duda on 24 June 2017. A revised bill reduced mandatory retirement age of judges from 70 to 65. The bill was later signed by President Duda and came into force in July 2018. The law effectively retires 40% of the Supreme Court bench including the First President of the Supreme Court, Malgorzata Gersdorf.
Polish opposition parties, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Polish Supreme Court, and the National Council of the Judiciary have claimed the law is unconstitutional because it violates the principles of the independence of the judiciary. In August 2018 the Supreme Court sent questions to the European Court of Justice regarding the reforms. Under Union law the court can prevent the State law from coming into force if it undermines the treaties of the European Union regarding judicial independence.
On 17 December 2018, President Duda signed a law that will reinstate the judges who had been forced out of their jobs.[3]
On 8 April 2020 the EU Court of Justice ruled in a court case ("Commission v Poland") that the state of Poland "had failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law". As a result, the Court granted "the Commission’s application for interim measures" which will likely be realised with monetary fines.[4]
After CJUE suspend the Disciplinary Chamber
On 12 October 2020, Adam Tomczyński a friend of Polish Minister of Justice, from that not recognized chamber have waived the immunity of Beata Morawiec (pl:Beata Morawiec), judge of the District Court in Kraków.
Moments after that the European Association of Judges expresses its unbreakable solidarity to Judge Beata Morawiec and to all independent Polish judges and ones again stated that "The Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court is not a court and cannot continue to act as one" and urges the European Commission to take all necessary measures to urgently reestablish the EU legal order in Poland. [5][6]
List of First Presidents of the Supreme Court
No | Name | Image | In office | Notes | |
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Republic of Poland | |||||
1. | Stanisław Pomian-Srzednicki | 1 September 1917 – 28 February 1922 | |||
2. | Franciszek Nowodworski | 1 March 1922 – 3 August 1924 | |||
3. | Władysław Seyda | 22 September 1924 – 17 January 1929 | |||
4. | Leon Supiński | 17 January 1929 – 1 September 1939 | |||
Polish People's Republic | |||||
5. | Wacław Barcikowski | 26 January 1945 – 12 November 1956 | |||
6. | Jan Wasilkowski | 12 December 1956 – 22 May 1967 | |||
7. | Zbigniew Resich | 3 May 1967 – 21 January 1972 | |||
8. | Jerzy Bafia | 21 January 1972 – 1 April 1976 | |||
9. | Włodzimierz Berutowicz | 1 April 1976 – 14 May 1987 | |||
10. | Adam Łopatka | 14 May 1987 – 30 June 1990 | |||
No | Name | In office | President of Poland | Notes | |
Republic of Poland | |||||
11. | Adam Strzembosz | 1 July 1990 – 17 October 1998 | Wojciech Jaruzelski | ||
12. | Lech Gardocki | 17 October 1998 – 18 October 2010[7] | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | ||
13. | Stanisław Dąbrowski | 19 October 2010 – 9 January 2014 | Bronisław Komorowski | Died in office[8] | |
– | Lech Paprzycki | 9 January 2014 – 30 April 2014 | acting | ||
14. | Małgorzata Gersdorf | 30 April 2014 – 30 April 2020 | [9][10] | ||
– | Józef Iwulski | 4 July 2018 – 20 July 2018 | Andrzej Duda | (disputed)[11] acting, rejected the appointment and insisted that Małgorzata Gersdorf remained in office | |
– | Dariusz Zawistowski | 13 September – 31 December 2018 | (disputed)[11] acting, rejected the appointment and insisted that Małgorzata Gersdorf remained in office | ||
– | Kamil Zaradkiewicz | 1 May 2020 – 15 May 2020, | (disputed)[11] acting, resigned | ||
– | Aleksander Stępkowski | 15 May 2020 – 25 May 2020 | (disputed)[11] acting | ||
15. | Małgorzata Manowska | 25 May 2020 – present[12] | (disputed)[11] |
See also
References
- ^ "Poland must immediately suspend the application of the national provisions on the powers of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court with regard to disciplinary cases concerning judges" (PDF). curia.europa.eu. April 8, 2020.
- ^ "CJEU: the Disciplinary Chamber of the Polish Supreme Court may not conduct disciplinary proceedings against judges". ruleoflaw.pl. April 8, 2020.
- ^ Joanna Berendt; Marc Santora (December 17, 2018). "Poland Reverses Supreme Court Purge, Retreating From Conflict With E.U." NYTimes.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Court of Justice of the European Union (8 April 2020). "Commission v Poland (Press Release)" (PDF). curia.europa.eu.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Izba Dyscyplinarna uchyliła immunitet sędzi Beacie Morawiec. Decyzja jest nieprawomocna". tvn24.pl. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Statement of the EAJ on Judge Beata Morawiec (Poland)". iaj-uim.org. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
- ^ Pierwsza kadencja w okresie 17 X 1998 – 17 X 2004, druga kadencja od 18 X 2004 do 18 X 2010.
- ^ http://www.newsweek.pl/artykuly/sekcje/polska/stanislaw-dabrowski-na-czele-sadu-najwyzszego,66271,1.
- ^ "Pierwszy Prezes Sądu Najwyższego – prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Gersdorf". sn.pl. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ "Małgorzata Gersdorf I Prezesem Sądu Najwyższego". Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 30.04.2014. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
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- ^ "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Nominacje / Małgorzata Manowska powołana na stanowisko I Prezesa Sądu Najwyższego". www.prezydent.pl. Retrieved 2020-05-26.