The Court issued a judgment; the RA Special Investigation Service will provide a part of the information requested by HCA Vanadzor
11:10, July 22, 2016 | News, Own news | Freedom of Information and Speech | Special Investigation Service
On July 21, 2016, the RA Administrative Court, presided by judge K. Baghdasaryan, announced its judgment on HCA Vanadzor v. the RA Special Investigation Service, by which it partially granted the claim of HCA Vanadzor on compelling the SIS to provide the requested information.
The Court compelled the RA Special Investigation Service to provide the information requested under Para. 1-6 of the inquiry of HCA Vanadzor, i.e. information on the number of the criminal cases initiated by the RA Special Investigation Service under Article 119, Article 309(2) and (3) and Article 341 of the RA Criminal Code and the charges brought under those criminal cases, in particular, information on the number of the criminal cases under which the preliminary investigation was completed, the number of the cases under which indictments were issued and the number of the cases on which decisions were made to discontinue the criminal proceedings.
By the court judgment, 2000 AMD will be also confiscated from the RA Special Investigation Service in favor of HCA Vanadzor as the pre-paid state duty.
Note that the Organization sent an inquiry to V. Shahinyan, Head of the RA Special Investigation Service, requesting information on the criminal cases investigated by the RA Special Investigation Service under Article 119, Article 309(2) and (3) and Article 341 of the RA Criminal Code. However, the RA Special Investigation Service failed to provide the requested information, and as for the administrative appeal submitted on April 29, 2015 requesting to compel the SIS to provide the information, the Organization has not received any response so far.