The Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic acquitted the President and Judge of the Specialized Criminal Court, JUDr. Michal Truban, from a motion to initiate disciplinary proceedings for a serious disciplinary offense

On November 26, 2025, the Disciplinary Panel of the Supreme Administrative Court, by its decision in case file no. 32D/5/2025, acquitted JUDr. Michal Truban pursuant to Section 34, paragraph 2, letter a) of Act No. 432/2021 Coll. on the Disciplinary Rules of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Slovak Republic and on amendments and supplements to certain laws, based on the proposal of the President of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic and the President of the Specialized Criminal Court to initiate disciplinary proceedings for a serious disciplinary offense.

The judge allegedly committed this act by deciding on the prosecutor’s motion to take two persons into custody in a criminal case of the Specialized Criminal Court, as a pre-trial judge, among other things, deciding not to take the accused into custody and failing to inform the parties to the proceedings of his bias in the case.

The Disciplinary Panel of the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled on the motion repeatedly. It was bound by the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, which quashed the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of March 2023 on the guilt of Judge Michal Truban. (We published the press release on this decision The judge of the Special Criminal Court found guilty – Najvyšší správny súd Slovenskej republiky.)

The Disciplinary Panel of the Supreme Administrative Court decided to acquit the disciplinary accused judge Michal Truban because it was not proven that the act for which he was disciplinary prosecuted occurred.

No appeal is admissible against the decision. The decision of the Disciplinary Panel was adopted by a vote of 5:0.

The decision was made by Panel No. 32D of the Supreme Administrative Court, composed of: President of the Panel JUDr. Michal Matulník, PhD., judges JUDr. Anita Filová, JUDr. Michal Dzurdzík, PhD. and lay judges JUDr. Zdenka Benčíková and doc. JUDr. Martina Jánošíková, PhD.