The Council of Justice dismissed a judge from the Odesa region who is serving in the TCC

The High Council of Justice dismissed Yevhen Bychkovsky, a judge of the Ovidiopol District Court in Odesa Oblast, who has been serving in the military since 2023.

According to the High Council of Justice, the decision was adopted on November 10, 2026. Yevhen Leonidovych Bychkovsky was relieved of his duties as a judge of the Ovidiopol District Court in Odesa Oblast following the submission of his resignation.

According to Zakon i Biznes, Bychkovsky had served at this court for nearly 16.5 years. His five-year term had actually expired at the end of 2015.

The High Qualification Commission of Judges sent a notification regarding this to the High Council of Justice. However, in 2017, the Council decided that this matter did not fall within its jurisdiction.

Until 2023, Bychkovsky remained on the court’s staff and received a judge’s salary as a judge without authority—at his “old” salary rate.

In 2023, he was mobilized and is currently serving in the military at a local Territorial Center for Recruitment and Military Service. Since then, he has not received a judge’s salary. As the Constitutional Court recently noted, this violates the guarantee of judicial independence.

Intent was unable to review the judge’s declaration due to a temporary restriction on access to the Unified State Register of Declarations. According to the register, software and technical maintenance is being conducted on November 10, which is why access to it is partially restricted.

Ірина Глухова