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On June 20, 2017 the RA Administrative Court, presided by judge K. Zarikyan, started examining the Yerevan Municipality’s claim against Shahen Harutyunyan.

The claim demanded that Shahen Harutyunyan was held liable under Article 180.1(1) of the RA Code of Administrative Offenses for holding an assembly on March 19, 2017 without notifying the head of the community as prescribed by law.

The court hearing was attended by Aram Abovyan, representative of plaintiff Mayor of Yerevan, respondent Shahen Harutyunyan and his representative Tatevik Siradeghyan, lawyer at Yerevan office of HCA Vanadzor.

As the plaintiff did not submit together with the claim the electronic carrier serving a basis of the offense records, the respondent party had previously motioned to extend for 2 weeks the deadline for responding to the claim. The Court granted the motion and the plaintiff party submitted the missing electronic carrier.

Considering that the Yerevan Municipality filed against Shahen Harutyunyan 4 different claims with the same demand, his representative T. Siradeghyan also motioned to merge them into 1 claim.

She supported her motion with the regulations in Article 82(1) of the RA Administrative Procedure Code; accordingly, at any stage of case examination, the Court may merge several cases on the same topic into same proceedings.

The Yerevan Mayor’s representative objected noting that the assemblies were held on different dates and the marches were held through different streets and considered the motion groundless.

And Tatevik Siradeghyan countered that all the 4 claims concerned the same demand and the legal facts underlying the claim had nothing to do with its subject.

To rule on the motion, the Court postponed the court hearing considering it necessary to get familiar with the claims on the other cases. The Court will rule on the claim by the date of the hearing on the other case, June 22, 2017.