The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday (12 May) that Sections 27 and 45 of the Military Service Act do not violate the Constitution, after a petition was filed by the Samut Prakan District Court on a request from activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal.

The Constitutional Court has accepted a petition asking it to rule on the legality of barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot papers for the latest general elections.

The Ombudsman has petitioned the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot papers for the latest general elections, amid concerns these compromise ballot secrecy. The Court will decide on Wednesday (18 March) whether to accept the case.

The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) faces legal challenges in three courts over the integrity of the 8 February elections after major irregularities were reported.

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an ethics breach complaint filed against former Deupty Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and former Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong over the Department of Special Investigation (DSI)’s investigation into alleged vote manipulation during the Senate selection.

The Criminal Court has acquitted former Future Forward MP Tanwarin Sukkhapisit in a case concerning shareholdings in media-related companies, which are prohibited for MP candidates. The ruling stands in contrast to a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling, which disqualified Tanwarin from her seat on the same grounds.

A network of civil society organizations has filed a complaint against 5 Constitutional Court judges, seeking an investigation into their unsolicited statement prohibiting the direct election of a Constituent Assembly in the new constitutional drafting process.

A network of civil society organizations has urged the Constitutional Court to release its full ruling on prohibiting direct election of a Constituent Assembly in the new constitutional drafting process, arguing that the Court exerted its power excessively and undermined democracy.

The contradictory reasoning of the Constitutional Court regarding the dismissal of former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has aroused scepticism, as the same phone call was seen as evidence of both “honesty” and “unethical conduct” at the same time.

A man convicted of hacking the Constitutional Court website and renaming it “Kangaroo Court” has been sent to prison after his appeal petition to the Supreme Court was rejected.

Following last week’s Constitutional Court ruling prohibiting a direct election of Constituent Assembly, a network of civil society organizations staged a protest in front of the Constitutional Court office demanding that a Constituent Assembly must be elected.

Following the political turmoil caused by the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of former PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a controversy has arisen over whether the acting PM has the power to dissolve parliament. According to Worachet Pakeerut, a lecturer at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, he does.