E233/2025•Equality violation found; challenged judgment annulled
E233/2025Constitutional CourtJun 16, 2026Annulled
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The Constitutional Court upheld the constitutional complaint, held that the complainant's right to equality before the law had been violated by the challenged judgment, and annulled that judgment. It also ordered the Bund, represented by the Federal Minister for the Interior, to reimburse costs of EUR 2,856 within 14 days.
Art. 7 B-VG; constitutional complaint against a judgment; if the challenged decision violates the right to equality before the law, the Constitutional Court annuls the decision. Upon success of the complaint, costs may be awarded against the competent federal authority.
I.Der Beschwerdeführer ist durch das angefochtene Erkenntnis im verfassungsgesetzlich gewährleisteten Recht auf Gleichheit aller Staatsbürger vor dem Gesetz verletzt worden.
Das Erkenntnis wird aufgehoben.
II.Der Bund (Bundesminister für Inneres) ist schuldig, dem Beschwerdeführer zuhanden seines Rechtsvertreters die mit € 2.856,– bestimmten Prozesskosten binnen 14 Tagen bei sonstiger Exekution zu ersetzen.
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Whether the challenged judgment violated the complainant's constitutional right to equality before the law.
The complainant was violated in the constitutionally guaranteed right to equality before the law.
The Constitutional Court found the challenged judgment unconstitutional on equality grounds and therefore annulled it.
Whether the challenged judgment had to be annulled.
The challenged judgment was annulled.
Because a constitutional rights violation was established, the judgment could not stand.
Whether the complainant was entitled to reimbursement of costs.
The federal authority must reimburse procedural costs in the amount of EUR 2,856 within 14 days under threat of enforcement.
As the complaint succeeded, the complainant was awarded costs against the Federal Minister for the Interior.
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