Jant and Others v. Hungary

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 35930/24 László Zoltánné JANT and Others against Hungary

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 7 May 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , judges ,

and Attila Teplán, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 November 2024,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Mr V. Kodela, a lawyer practising in Budapest.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Hungarian Government (“the Government”).

The Court received friendly-settlement declaration, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Hungary in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above ‑ mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 28 May 2025.

Attila Teplán Gediminas Sagatys Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicants’ declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non ‑ pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household

(in euros) [1]

35930/24

21/11/2024

(29 applicants)

László Zoltánné JANT

1957

Makár SZOKOLOV

1946

Zsuzsánna CZAHESZNÉ BOTH

1955

Viktória KOBZA

1982

Margit KOVÁCS

1928

András Sándorné KISS

1942

Matild FARKAS

1958

Mihály Béla VARGA

1949

Sarolta BECSÓ

1971

Zoltán KIRÁLY

1973

Tibor István MAKÓ

1959

Mátyás NAGY

1997

Józsefné STUMM

1939

Marianna ZENTAI

1959

Katalin OSZLÁR

1964

Erika VIGHNÉ HENTZEL

1964

Oszkárné SZABÓ

1957

Household

Gyula GYURKOVICS

1960

Marianna GYURKOVICS

1968

Household

Anita SÜMEGINÉ HORVÁTH

1972

Istvánné HORVÁTH

1944

Household

Gézáné POÓR

1934

János Gáborné BÍRÓ

1958

Household

Péter GRŐB

1974

Ákos GRŐB

1979

Katalin GRŐB

1968

Household

Jánosné MÓKUS

1955

Bernadett MÓKUS

1974

Zoltán MÓKUS

1981

Kodela Viktor

Budapest

12/02/2025

17/03/2025

2,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.