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Constitutional review ruling (C)August 28, 1997Full bench

C-407 de 1997

The official text of this ruling is in Spanish and is shown as published by the Colombian authorities.

Reporting justice Jorge Arango Mejía

✓Claimant Carlos Rugeles Castillo

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Topic · hard data
Dec. 2282/89. Art. 144 N° 6. Art. 1 N° 84. Saneamiento De La Nulidad. Inexequibles.
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Topics and subtopics of the ruling

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Derecho De Defensa
  • Controversias sometidas a procedimientos preestablecidos
Derecho Procesal
  • Observancia de las formas propias de cada juicio
Ley Procesal
  • Consagración de diversos procedimientos
Primacia De La Ley Sustancial
  • No pugna con el debido proceso
Procedimiento
  • Partes y jueces no disponen de él
Debido Proceso
  • Configuración legal
  • Vulneración al resolverse por proceso ordinario un asunto especial
Inexequibilidad
  • Motivos de inconveniencia no pueden erigirse en causales
Saneamiento De Nulidad
  • Resorte del legislador
Principio De Igualdad Ante La Ley
  • Controversias sometidas a procedimientos preestablecidos
12 topics · 12 subtopics · source: case-law reporter's topic index
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What it decided

Holdings on Decreto 1400/70. Hard data, verified against the operative part — citable.

Art. 144Decreto 1400/70STRUCK DOWN
Phrase struck down«numeral 6»
Art. 1Decreto 2282/89STRUCK DOWN
Phrase struck down«numeral 84»
Art. 1Decreto 2282/89STRUCK DOWN
Phrase struck down«...salvo el evento previsto en numeral 6° anterior...»
3 holdings · source: operative part of the ruling
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Operative part (Resuelve)

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  1. en nombre del pueblo y por mandato de la Constitucion,
  2. R E S U E L V E:
  3. Declaranse INEXEQUIBLES el numeral 6 del articulo 144 del Codigo de Procedimiento Civil, numeral 84 del articulo 1deg del decreto 2282 de 1989, y la siguiente expresion del ultimo inciso del mismo articulo: "...salvo el evento previsto en numeral 6deg anterior...".
Verbatim text · source: operative part of the ruling
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Separate opinions — text available1
DissentEduardo Cifuentes Muñoz
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