The Disciplinary Panel acquitted a judge of the Žilina District Court

The Panel had before it documentary evidence in the form of the submitted recordings of telecommunications traffic, but it did not admit this evidence into evidence, as under section 115(7) of the Criminal Procedure Code such evidence could not be used in disciplinary proceedings.

The Disciplinary Panel of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic came to the conclusion that the disciplinary accused, Judge JUDr. Daniel Béreš, is acquitted of the disciplinary motion because it has not been proven that the act for which he is being disciplined took place.

The members of the Disciplinary Panel decided by a vote of 5:0. The plaintiff may appeal against the disciplinary decision, since the Panel did not grant his motion for disciplinary measures consisting in his removal as a judge.

The Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic shall publish detailed written reasons for the disciplinary decision within the statutory time limit.

In the disciplinary case of the President of the Žilina District Court c/a Judge JUDr. Daniel Béreš, the decision was taken by Panel No. 31 of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic, composed of: the President of the Panel, prof. JUDr. Juraj Vačok, PhD. (Judge-rapporteur); Judges JUDr. Zdenka Reisenauerová; Mgr. Michal Novotný; lay judges JUDr. Lucia Kolníková; Mgr. Marcel Drgon.