#Supreme Court

Cyprus’ attorney-general’s office has issued a statement responding to the European court of human rights (ECHR) ruling on the long-running property rights case involving a British citizen whose home ...

The Supreme Court has ruled to immediately release a Sri Lankan man from detention, highlighting the risk of torture he faces if returned to his home country. The court issued ...

The Supreme Court will on Wednesday announce its decision regarding the cause of the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou in 2005. The Limassol district court had ruled in May that Nicolaou ...

The Supreme Court ordered the state to pay a further €3,000 in punitive damages to each of two citizens who were beaten up by members of the police force. The citizens ...

The law mandating that public officials including the attorney-general declare their wealth and income, also known as ‘pothen esches’, is legal, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. The law ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that it is not unconstitutional nor a violation of European Union law for the construction of luxury camp sites, also known as ‘glamping’, to ...

A six-year jail term for a child rape conviction was “manifestly inadequate” the Supreme Court ruled as it moved to increase the jail time to nine years, it emerged on ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday reserved its decision over legislation that would require more state officials to submit capital statements – including the attorney-general and deputy attorney-general. Legal teams from ...

MPs on Wednesday were incandescent over President Nikos Christodoulides’ decision to veto a law which would disclose the names of donors to the ‘social support body’, a fund for students ...

The Supreme Court will announce its decision over the case surrounding Thanasis Nicolaou’s death at a later unspecified date, after Monday’s hearing had lawyers from each side put ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of a 28-year-old Syrian man who filed a second habeas corpus application after being re-arrested immediately following a previous decision for his ...

It was inevitable that the decision by the Supreme Constitutional Council to sack Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides for inappropriate conduct would be met with anger and suspicion by many people who ...

Dismissed Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides said on Wednesday the system has “successfully beheaded me”. Speaking after the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decision to relieve him of his duties was handed down, ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court was “unanimous” in its decision over whether or not Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides will be fired, it was heard in court on Wednesday. Proceedings in Nicosia began ...

The full bench of the Supreme Court was convening on Tuesday over the motion seeking to annul Thanasis Nicolaou’s murder ruling. Set to begin at 11am, the case is ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a law on police promotions, referred by President Nikos Christodoulides, deeming it unconstitutional, as it violates the principle of equality. The law was ...

The long-awaited e-justice system, which has faced numerous delays, is nearing completion, with final decisions expected in early September. The results from the system’s last crash tests are anticipated ...

A second Syrian man has been released by the Supreme Court after being held for seven months, it emerged on Tuesday. The man had initially been detained “as a danger ...

The Supreme Court ordered that a Syrian, in custody for the past 18 months pending his deportation for reasons of national security, be released. In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court ...

The government on Monday sought to slap down criticism that President Nikos Christodoulides went back on his word for a partial restitution for depositors and bondholders who saw their money ...

The hearing for a judicial review filed by former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos at the Supreme Court began on Wednesday with accusations of conflict of interest against the state legal ...

The independent investigation into the circumstances behind the murder of Thanasis Nicolaou will plough ahead despite the certiorari (a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case ...

Attorney General George Savvides has been threatening Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides with his dismissal for months, addressing him in a “derogatory and humiliating manner”, Michaelides told the Supreme Constitutional Court ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ opposition to the dismissal proceedings brought against him by attorney-general George Savvides. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled ...