KHARAZISHVILI v. GEORGIA

Published on 2 November 2022 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 37832/22Nika KHARAZISHVILIagainst Georgialodged on 26 July 2022communicated on 11 October 2022SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the interception of telephone conversations of the applicant between 9 November and 9 December 2020 in the framework of criminal proceedings initiated into the activities of one of the clients of his wife (a practising lawyer) by the Ministry of Finance on 3 November 2020 (see in this connection Statement of Facts in the case of Romanchenko v. Georgia, no. 33067/22, communicated on 30 August 2022). The interception was authorised by the Tbilisi City Court on 7 November 2020 on the basis of the so-called operational information. When informed in November 2021, the applicant challenged the interception, arguing that the measure had been unlawful and disproportionate. The complaint was rejec …