HCC has not received applications to arrest Pechersk Court judges involved in the Carthage case

Status of figures in the Carthage case at the HCC

The High Council of Justice (HCC) has not received applications for consent to detain or arrest two judges of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv. This concerns Tetiana Ostapchuk and Roman Novak, who are at the centre of attention within the framework of the criminal proceedings known as the Carthage case.

This information was published by Suspilne. Previously, within the same proceedings, search measures had already been carried out at the premises of both judges.

Legal restrictions on the detention of judges

In accordance with Article 58 of the Law of Ukraine “On the High Council of Justice”, a judge cannot be detained or held in custody or under arrest prior to the delivery of a guilty verdict without the consent of the HCC.

An exception is made for cases where a judge is detained in the act of committing a serious or especially serious crime or immediately thereafter.