Constitutional Court

KI48/21, Applicant: Xhavit R. Sadrija, Constitutional review of  Judgment AC-I-19-0194 of the Appellate Panel of the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo on Privatization Agency of Kosovo Related Matters, of 1 October 2020

KI48/21, resolution on inadmissibility of 30 June 2021, published on 21 June 2021

Keywords: individual referral, out of time, resolution on inadmissibility

On 24 February 2021, the Applicant submitted the Referral by mail to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo requesting a constitutional review of the Judgment of the Appellate Panel of the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court, considering that it violates the constitutional rights guaranteed by Article 24 [Equality before the Law], Article 31 [Right to Fair and Impartial Trial], Article 46 [Protection of Property] of the Constitution, as well as Article 6 (Right to a fair trial) and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 [Protection of property] of the ECHR.

Having examined the case file, the Court concluded that the challenged judgment was served on the Applicant on 7 October 2020, on the basis of which it results that the Referral was submitted to the Court out of the 4-month deadline as provided by Law and the Rules of Procedure.

Consequently, the Court rejected the Applicant’s Referral as being submitted out of the time limit.