Law
06/05/2019 20:47March 1 criminal case involving Robert Kocharyan, Yuri Khachaturov, Seyran Ohanyan and Armen Gevorgyan assigned to judge Davit GrigoryanHe wrote on Facebook that with the random computer distribution principle the case has been reissued on judge Davit Grigoryan.
06/05/2019 13:01Ex-lawmaker Manvel Grigoryan’s lawyers to apply to ECHRAs to the numerous petitions for changing preventive measure and their rejections by courts, the lawyer said that the accusing side fails to present grounds on how Manvel Grigoryan will impede the examination while being set free from custody.
06/05/2019 11:40Judge of March 1 case declares self-withdrawalAccording to some information, Vardan Grigoryan was involved as a lawyer in March 1, 2008 criminal case and this may have served as a ground for his self-withdrawal.
04/05/2019 12:18Spayka director Davit Ghazaryan released from custodyEarlier the State Revenue Committee has come up with a statement, noting that the grounds for keeping Ghazaryan under custody have been eliminated.
04/05/2019 11:47Spayka company director’s preventive measure to be changedGrounds for keeping general director of Spayka company in custody have been eliminated, State Revenue Committee press service reports.
04/05/2019 00:55Head of NSS Investigative department claims they are guided exclusively by law“By stating that the criminal case will go to court and everything will be clarified, the NSS chief has just presented the simple legal approach that if there is a criminal case and four people are charged in its sidelines, it is supposed that the case will reach the court. It does not mean that Mr Vanetsyan has predicted the outcome of the case,” Aghajanyan said.
04/05/2019 00:50Nine candidates applied for position of CC judgeThe election of the judge of the Constitutional Court fails for already fourth time. The last one tool place on April 16 when the ruling majority rejected the candidacy of Gor Hovhannisyan nominated by the president.
02/05/2019 16:53March 1 case trial to be unprecedented, all three presidents to be present: attorney general“It will be an unprecedented trial, you will see the three presidents of the republic in different legal status, you will see different public and political figures, former and present officials,” Davtyan said.
02/05/2019 16:18NSS director describes situation over structure and his personality as artificial noise“The NSS is working in a clean, transparent way, with the preservation of all provisions of the law. If there is a case when the NSS starts illegal persecution against any person, on that very day I will be ready to be held accountable before the law and the people,” Vanetsyan said.
02/05/2019 15:19Prosecutor’s office has no information about whereabouts of ex-MP Aram HarutyunyanArmenia’s Attorney General Artur Davtyan said there is no information about the whereabouts of the former lawmaker and nature protection minister.
02/05/2019 15:05Court denies petition on changing Manvel Grigoryan’s prevention measureThe hearing of the case involving Grigoryan and his spouse was held today. Manvel Grigoryan was not present due to health condition.
02/05/2019 14:10Extradition of ex-lawmaker Mihran Poghosyan to be denied if Russia provides political asylum: Attorney General“During the process of extradition a person may apply to a country for getting asylum. According to international regulations, this process is secret.
02/05/2019 13:07Civil Contract’s report relating to lawmaker Gagik Tsarukyan sent to SISSecretary of the executive body of the Civil Contract party Suren Sahakyan submitted report to the Attorney General Artur Davtyan with the request to start criminal persecution against lawmaker Gagik Tsarukyan.
02/05/2019 11:33No political pre-context in any of protracted criminal cases: Artur Davtyan to PAP lawmakerDavtyan admitted the existence of the issue, saying that the examinations of criminal cases by the law enforcers and then by courts last too long and the right of examining the cases in proper period of time is being violated.
02/05/2019 11:17Number of defendants in 2018 grew: Attorney General“In 2018 the number of defendants passing with criminal cases raised by 10% as compared with 2017 and this is in conditions when in 2018 20% less arrest petitions were submitted to courts. What I want to say is that the number of defendants grew but the number of arrest petitions reduced. It shows that the issue of choosing arrest as prevention measure is to be seriously discussed,” Davtyan said.