Legal issue: whether contested rules are constitutional, as long as they do enable a participant to court dispute to use his procedural rights, because they do not impose upon appellation court a duty to notify him about the place and time of considering his special appeal?

Ratio decidendi: having relied upon an extensive analysis of legislation, international law and its own previous holdings, the Court came to conclusion that contested provisions do conform to the Constitution, the principles of efficiency and judicial economy. The Court stated that the procedure for consideration of special appeals and submissions of a procurator, being a particular subsidiary mechanism and thus an exception to common procedures, is subject to higher requirements of procedural economy which call for an accelerated consideration of issues, not connected with the solution of the case on merits. However, an obligatory notification of the participants of the dispute is necessary, when an appellation court examines newly-presented evidence, and in any event all persons participating in the case must be notified about the fact of submission of special appeal and given an opportunity to comment on it in writing.