CASE OF KÉZDISZENTKERESZTI BÍRÓ v. HUNGARY
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)
Egidijus Kūris;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer
4. The applicant was born in 1948 and lives in Budapest. 5. On 9 March 2006 the applicant submitted a request for an increase of her disability pension before the Budapest Governmental Authority (Directorate of Pension Insurance), which dismissed her claim on 21 August 2006. The applicant lodged an appeal against the decision on 10 October 2006. The Central-Hungarian Regional Insurance Directorate acting as a second-instance authority upheld the first-instance decision on 4 January 2007. 6. The applicant sought the judicial review of the second-instance decision within the statutory time-limit. She submitted her statement of claim on 9 February 2007 to the first-instance administrative authority, in line with the applicable procedural laws. 7. In the absence of any developments in the case, the applicant notified the first-instance administrative authority about upholding her claim on 18 March 2010. The first-instance administrative authority subsequently forwarded the applicant’s statement of claim to the Budapest Labour Court on 20 July 2010. 8. The Budapest Labour Court dismissed the applicant’s claim on 14 June 2011.