The Constitutional Court on the 24th conducted its first preliminary review of cases in which constitutional complaints against finalized court rulings (trial complaints) were filed. No cases were referred to the full bench to examine whether the finalized rulings should be overturned on grounds such as violations of fundamental rights.
The Constitutional Court said it dismissed all 26 trial complaint cases that the designated panel had deliberated, after conducting a preliminary review that day.
Under Article 72 of the Constitutional Court Act, constitutional complaint cases, including trial complaints, undergo a preliminary review by a designated panel of three justices. Cases that do not meet the filing requirements are dismissed, and if a filing is deemed admissible, it is referred to the full bench, where all justices hear the case.
The designated panel dismisses cases when a constitutional complaint is filed without exhausting all remedies available under other laws, or when it is filed after the 30-day period from the finalization of the ruling, which is the filing period for constitutional complaints under the Constitutional Court Act.
In the first-filed trial complaint case, the "cancellation of deportation order and protection order" case of Mohamed (alias), a Syrian national, the Supreme Court finalized its ruling on Jan. 8. The trial complaint was filed on the 12th, when the system took effect. The filing period had already passed by then.
According to the Constitutional Court, as of 12 a.m. that day, 153 trial complaint cases had been filed.