CASE OF KOVALENKO AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property;Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property
Branko Lubarda;Dmitry Dedov;Helena Jäderblom
5. The applicants, whose names and years of birth are tabulated in Appendix I, took part in the cleaning-up operation at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. They were subsequently registered disabled, becoming entitled to various social benefits. 6. On various dates the applicants successfully sued the authorities for inflation adjustment of these benefits. The judgments became final. 7. On various dates the Presidia of Regional Courts allowed the defendant authorities’ applications for supervisory review and quashed the judgments, considering that the lower courts misapplied the material law. 8. Some of the judgments remained unenforced until the date of their quashing or were enforced with delay.