SJC terminates powers of judge Vahe Misakyan

ArmInfo. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Armenia granted the motion of the Minister of  Justice to bring to disciplinary responsibility the judge of the criminal court of first instance of Yerevan city Vahe Misakyan.

The proceedings against the judge are related to the criminal case of  the leader of the Vazgen  Manukyan. The latter was accused of public calls aimed at seizing  power and violently overthrowing the constitutional order.

According to the submitted motion, disciplinary proceedings against  the judge were initiated on the basis of the conclusion of the  prosecutor's office on the fact of violation of the terms of the  trial in the case of Vazgen Manukyan. In particular, according to the  Ministry of Justice, Judge Misakyan, having accepted the case for  consideration in March 2021, issued a verdict in June 2024, that is,  he considered the case for a long time. Misakyan then found Manukyan  guilty and sentenced him to a fine of 400,000 drams.

Earlier, Judge Misakyan was subjected to a disciplinary sanction - a  severe reprimand, which has not yet been repaid, so imposing even the  mildest disciplinary sanction on him leads to the termination of his  powers.

Vahe Misakyan is the judge who presided over the trial of the  "diesel" case, where Serzh Sargsyan was the accused. It was he who,  on May 31, issued an acquittal against the third president due to the  absence of corpus delicti, acquitting other defendants - Barsegh  Beglaryan and Gevork Harutyunyan. The verdict was appealed by the  Prosecutor General's Office to the Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal.  By the way, this case against Judge Misakyan was also initiated based  on a report from the Prosecutor's Office to the Ministry of Justice.