BALKUNAS v. LITHUANIA - 75435/17 (Judgment : Right to a fair trial : Second Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Ivana Jelić, President, ��������� Egidijus Kūris, ��������� Darian Pavli, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application against the Republic of Lithuania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Lithuanian national, Mr Dainoras Balkūnas (�the applicant�), on 19 October 2017;

the decision to give notice to the Lithuanian Government (�the Government�) of the complaints concerning Article 6 � 1 of the Convention and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;

The applicant complained about the refusal of the Supreme Court to partly exempt him from the payment of court fees for lodging an appeal on points of law in civil proceedings or to allow him to defer payment of those fees.