VEKUA v. GEORGIA

Published on 26 February 2024 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 43537/22Nana VEKUAagainst Georgialodged on 2 September 2022communicated on 6 February 2024SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged unfairness of the civil proceedings as a result of which the applicant’s property title to several residential buildings and a plot of land was revoked. In particular, in 2012 a criminal investigation was initiated into the circumstances of the applicant allegedly registering her property title to the impugned property in a fraudulent manner. While the investigation was discontinued on 17 May 2017 due to the expiration of the limitation period, the relevant prosecutorial decision concluded that the applicant had committed fraud by having used a false document to register her title.By a decision of 28 January 2020, the Poti City Court, acting at the request of the National Agency …