Judge Piebiak reinstated: Supreme Court rules Żurek's suspension was groundless

Poland's Supreme Court has ruled that Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek's suspension of judge Łukasz Piebiak was groundless, allowing Piebiak to return to the bench. The court noted that Żurek had not acted with similar urgency against other judges facing disciplinary or immunity proceedings, using that inconsistency as a key argument in Piebiak's favour. The case is part of the ongoing broader conflict over judicial reform in Poland.

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