Information on appeals to the Constitutional Court

As of March 31 of this year the Constitutional Court received 2021 appeals from subjects entitled to apply to the Constitutional Court.

Currently, 319 appeals are under consideration, 12 of them are accepted to constitutional proceedings and 32 appeals are under preliminary consideration of judges.

Mostly citizens apply on issues of disagreement with court decisions - 44%, recognition of normative legal act or its certain provisions as unconstitutional - 23%, access to information - 3.6%, labor and pension provision - 2.3%, penitentiary system - 1,5% and on other questions.

During this period, based on citizens’ appeals four normative resolutions were issued. In particular, the Constitutional Court recognized certain norms of the Tax Code, the Penitentiary Code and legislation in the field of civil service as inconsistent with the Constitution.  Also, the Constitutional Court ruled that certain norms of the law on pensions in its given interpretation as constitutional.

The majority of appeals are received from cities of Astana and Almaty, Kostanay, Karaganda and Akmola regions.