Chairman of Cassation Court is aware of judge's arrest
Chairman of Armenia's Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumyan is aware of the arrest of Ishkhan Barseghyan, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Yerevan’s Shengavit administrative district. Barseghyan was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of taking bribes. “We have not received the corresponding decision yet,” Arman Khachatryan, Head of the Public Relations and Protocol Department of the RA Judicial Department, told A1+. Under the Judicial Code, the decision about arrest shall be forwarded to the President of the Republic and the Chairman of the Cassation Court within 24 hours of the arrest. Datalex.am reports that the sitting scheduled for 10.30 a.m. at the the Court of First Instance of Shengavit district did not take place because Ishkhan Barseghyan did not show up to the meeting. The National Security Service promised to provide information later in the day.