The newspaper "Zhoghovurd" writes: "As is known, on June 25, 2026, the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia (SJC) terminated the powers of Anti-Corruption Court judge Givi Hovhannisyan on the grounds of a significant disciplinary violation.
The reason was that the judge's assistant was the judge's partner, which became known to the SJC from a publication by the assistant. According to the law, this constitutes an unacceptable conflict of interest.
It should be noted that Givi Hovhannisyan was a member of the RA Bar Association, a lawyer (2008–2022). During that period, he also defended the interests of Nikol Pashinyan in the "March 1 case." On August 1, 2022, he was appointed as a judge of the Anti-Corruption Court, from which he was removed from the judicial system after 4 years. As a result, the former judge has submitted an application to the ECHR regarding his removal from the system."
More details in today's issue of the newspaper
