The court is to render a decision on July 12 about whether the RA Police shall provide compensation to the protester
13:34, July 5, 2018 | News, Own news
On July 2, 2018, the RA Administrative Court presided by Judge S. Hovakimyan, resumed the examination of the claim for compensation for damage caused by the RA Police to protester Taron Siradeghyan.
On June 23, 2014, the protester participated in the assembly held near the administrative building of the RA Public Services Regulatory Commission and was subjected to administrative arrest. On February 24, 2017, after he was subjected to administrative arrest in accordance with the ruling by the RA Administrative Court, the Administrative Court of Appeal declared unlawful the actions that the police took against Taron Siradeghyan during the assembly and rejected the claim of the RA Police on bringing the protester to liability.
The protester and his representative Tatevik Siradeghyan, lawyer at the representative office of HCA Vanadzor in Yerevan, claimed compensation in the amount of 465,000 AMD from the RA Police for non-pecuniary damages caused by the unlawful administration.
Prior to that, Chief of the RA Police had upheld in part the claim for compensation in the amount of 500,000 AMD and provided compensation in the amount of 35,000 AMD.
During the court session held on July 2, Taron Siradeghyan’s representative Tatevik Siradeghyan provided argumentation on the decision rendered by the Chief of the Police being ungrounded; the amount of compensation demanded for damage of property damage caused to T. Siradeghyan is just and reasonable. Tatevik Siradeghyan then made reference to the RA legislation and precedential decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the RA Constitutional Court.
Narek Simonyan, the representative of the RA Police, and Lilya Babloyan, the representative of the RA Ministry of Finance, which was involved as a third party in the case, objected to the claim.
The representative of the Police maintained that the claimant should present the criteria for calculating the amount claimed. Then, the same representative asked to fully reject the claim.
L. Babloyan, the representative of the RA Ministry of Finance, expressed the viewpoint that the claimant is obliged to provide evidence on the link between the damage caused and its consequences and the groundedness of the amount to be compensated.
Following the opening statements, the written evidence in the case was examined.
The representative of the claimant filed a motion to include as a witness in the case and question the claimant, mentioning that the claimant himself can inform about the psychological suffering, anxiety and worry that he experienced due to the unlawful actions of the police.
The representatives of the respondent and the third party objected to the motion.
Having discussed the motion, the Court rejected it, finding that the evidence gained with regard to the case is sufficient to pass a judicial act.
During the court session, the parties also delivered closing statements.
Thus, the trial ended. The delivery of the decision was scheduled for 5.01 pm on July 12.