High Court of Cassation and Justice
PRESS RELEASE
In its session of 25 March 2024, the High Court of Cassation and Justice – Panel for Appeals in the interest of the Law, lawfully established in the Case, considered an appeal in the interest of the law and returned the following Judgment:
Decision No. 5 in Case No. 117/1/2024
Denies as inadmissible the request for an appeal in the interest of the law brought by the Governing Board of the Court of Appeal of Braşov, concerning the following matter of law:
’’If the provisions of Art. (2) point (b) of Decree-Law No 118/1990 on the granting of certain rights to persons persecuted for political reasons by the dictatorship established as from 6 March 1945 and to those deported abroad or taken prisoner, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, also cover persons enlisted in the Hungarian army who were taken prisoner by the Soviet side after 23 August 1944 or, having been taken prisoner before that date, were held in captivity after 23 August 1944?’’
Mandatory, according to the provisions of Art. 517 para. (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Returned in public session today, 25 March 2024.
After the justification is written and the Judgment signed it shall be published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I.