Milan, 18 May (LaPresse) – “With reference to the communication received on 18 May 2026, in which the President of the Juvenile Court of L’Aquila announced that a query had been forwarded to the Superior Council of the Judiciary seeking clarification regarding the obligation to transmit ‘the documents progressively adopted by this Office in the proceedings in question, taking into account the scope of the administrative inquiry’, the following is noted. This General Inspectorate points out that, in fulfilment of the administrative inquiry mandate received by order of the Cabinet, it has strictly adhered to the provisions of Article 12 of Law No. 1311 of 1962 and that all activities carried out during the on-site inspection and subsequent requests for documents are strictly connected with, and necessary for, the acquisition of information aimed at the best possible fulfilment of the mandate received from the Honourable Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio’. This is reported in a note from the Ministry of Justice. “It should also be noted, however, that the aforementioned Article 12 provides that the Investigating Magistrate conducting an inquiry into a magistrate must, at the conclusion of the investigation and without observing any particular formalities, request information from the Head of the Office and clarifications from the person concerned, and then report on the service provided by the latter. It is therefore emphasised that all the investigations carried out to date have complied with the above-mentioned regulations, which, moreover, do not require ‘the observance of any particular formalities in the conduct of the administrative investigation’. Finally, it is added that, once the investigations have been completed, the final report will shortly be forwarded to the Minister, in fulfilment of the mandate received and in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Article 12”, the statement concludes.
Family in the woods, Ministry of Justice: ‘Inspectors are acting in accordance with the law’
Milan, 18 May (LaPresse) – “With reference to the communication received on 18 May 2026, in which the President of the Juvenile Court of L’Aquila announced that a query had been forwarded to the Superior Council of the Judiciary seeking clarification regarding the obligation to transmit ‘the documents progressively adopted by this Office in the proceedings in question, taking into account the scope of the administrative inquiry’, the following is noted. This General Inspectorate points out that, in fulfilment of the administrative inquiry mandate received by order of the Cabinet, it has strictly adhered to the provisions of Article 12 of Law No. 1311 of 1962 and that all activities carried out during the on-site inspection and subsequent requests for documents are strictly connected with, and necessary for, the acquisition of information aimed at the best possible fulfilment of the mandate received from the Honourable Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio’. This is reported in a note from the Ministry of Justice. “It should also be noted, however, that the aforementioned Article 12 provides that the Investigating Magistrate conducting an inquiry into a magistrate must, at the conclusion of the investigation and without observing any particular formalities, request information from the Head of the Office and clarifications from the person concerned, and then report on the service provided by the latter. It is therefore emphasised that all the investigations carried out to date have complied with the above-mentioned regulations, which, moreover, do not require ‘the observance of any particular formalities in the conduct of the administrative investigation’. Finally, it is added that, once the investigations have been completed, the final report will shortly be forwarded to the Minister, in fulfilment of the mandate received and in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Article 12”, the statement concludes.
