Poland's Constitutional Tribunal: Supreme Court resolutions adopted by seven judges cannot have force of legal principle

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that resolutions passed by seven-judge panels of the Supreme Court cannot carry the force of a binding legal principle for other judges. The Tribunal found that granting such a narrow group powers that shape the rulings of other judges violates their interpretive autonomy and the constitutional principle of proportionality. The ruling touches on a fundamental question of judicial power in Poland.