{
  "id": "nexus-ext-1-0007-390714",
  "citation": "Res. 30964-2026 Sala Constitucional",
  "section": "nexus_decisions",
  "doc_type": "constitutional_decision",
  "title_es": "Plazo razonable para resolver una denuncia ambiental",
  "title_en": "Reasonable Time to Resolve an Environmental Complaint",
  "summary_es": "La Sala Constitucional aclara que, aunque normalmente remite a la jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa las disputas sobre plazos de procedimientos administrativos, admite una excepción cuando el amparo reclama que una denuncia ambiental no fue resuelta en un plazo razonable. Con esa precisión, anuncia que examinará la situación concreta planteada, pero el fragmento suministrado no incluye la decisión de fondo ni indica si el amparo fue acogido o rechazado.",
  "summary_en": "The Constitutional Chamber (Sala Constitucional) clarifies that, although it generally refers disputes over administrative-procedure deadlines to the administrative-litigation jurisdiction, an exception applies when an amparo alleges that an environmental complaint was not resolved within a reasonable time. With that clarification, it proceeds to examine the specific situation raised, but the supplied excerpt contains no merits disposition and does not say whether the amparo was granted or denied.",
  "court_or_agency": "Sala Constitucional",
  "date": "13/08/2026",
  "year": "2026",
  "topic_ids": [],
  "primary_topic_id": null,
  "es_concept_hints": [
    "denuncia ambiental",
    "recurso de amparo",
    "plazo razonable",
    "jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa",
    "procedimiento administrativo"
  ],
  "article_citations": [],
  "keywords_es": [
    "denuncia ambiental",
    "plazo razonable",
    "amparo ambiental",
    "procedimiento administrativo",
    "jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa",
    "Sala Constitucional",
    "artículo 41 constitucional"
  ],
  "keywords_en": [
    "environmental complaint",
    "reasonable time",
    "environmental amparo",
    "administrative procedure",
    "administrative-litigation jurisdiction",
    "Constitutional Chamber",
    "Article 41 of the Constitution"
  ],
  "excerpt_es": "Precisamente, en el sub lite, se plantea un supuesto de excepción, pues se está ante una denuncia ambiental la cual se acusa que no ha sido resuelta dentro de un plazo razonable. Aclarado el punto, se entra a resolver la situación concreta reclamada en este amparo.",
  "excerpt_en": "Precisely, in this case, an exception is presented because it concerns an environmental complaint that is alleged not to have been resolved within a reasonable time. Having clarified this point, the Chamber proceeds to decide the specific situation raised in this amparo.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Procedural issue",
    "label_es": "Cuestión procesal",
    "summary_en": "The Chamber treats an amparo alleging delay in resolving an environmental complaint as an exception to the general referral of administrative-deadline disputes to the administrative-litigation jurisdiction; the excerpt does not provide the final outcome.",
    "summary_es": "La Sala considera que el amparo por la alegada demora en resolver una denuncia ambiental constituye una excepción a la remisión general de disputas sobre plazos administrativos a la jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa; el fragmento no contiene el resultado final."
  },
  "pull_quotes": [
    {
      "context": "Cuestión previa",
      "quote_en": "…this concerns an environmental complaint that is alleged not to have been resolved within a reasonable time.",
      "quote_es": "…se está ante una denuncia ambiental la cual se acusa que no ha sido resuelta dentro de un plazo razonable."
    }
  ],
  "cites": [],
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  "references": {
    "internal": [],
    "external": []
  },
  "source_url": "https://nexuspj.poder-judicial.go.cr/document/ext-1-0007-390714",
  "tier": 2,
  "is_environmental": true,
  "_editorial_citation_count": 0,
  "regulations_by_article": null,
  "amendments_by_article": null,
  "dictamen_by_article": null,
  "concordancias_by_article": null,
  "afectaciones_by_article": null,
  "resoluciones_by_article": null,
  "cited_by_votos": [],
  "cited_norms": [],
  "cited_norms_inverted": [],
  "sentencias_relacionadas": [],
  "temas_y_subtemas": [
    {
      "Subtemas": [
        {
          "id": 1,
          "nombre": "NO APLICA"
        }
      ],
      "id": 1,
      "nombre": "041- Tutela judicial efectiva. Justicia pronta y cumplida"
    }
  ],
  "cascade_only": false,
  "amendment_count": 0,
  "body_es_text": "ARTÍCULO 41\nDE LA CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA\n\n“(…) I.-\nCuestión previa. Antes de analizar el fondo del asunto debe aclararse que, a\npartir de la sentencia nro. 2008002545 de las 8:55 horas del 22 de febrero de\n2008, esta Sala ha remitido a la jurisdicción contencioso administrativa –con\nalgunas excepciones aquellos asuntos en los que se discute si la administración\npública ha cumplido o no los plazos pautados por la Ley General de la\nAdministración Pública (artículos 261 y 325) o las leyes sectoriales para los\nprocedimientos administrativos especiales, para resolver por acto final un\nprocedimiento administrativo –instruido de oficio o a instancia de parte– o\nconocer de los recursos administrativos procedentes. Precisamente, en el sub\nlite, se plantea un supuesto de excepción, pues se está ante una denuncia ambiental\nla cual se acusa que no ha sido resuelta dentro de un plazo razonable. Aclarado\nel punto, se entra a resolver la situación concreta reclamada en este amparo. (…)”\nVCG09/2026",
  "body_en_text": "ARTICLE 41\nOF THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION\n\n“(…) I.-\nPreliminary issue. Before analyzing the merits of the matter, it must be clarified that, since judgment No. 2008002545 of 8:55 a.m. on 22 February 2008, this Chamber has referred matters to the administrative-litigation jurisdiction, with some exceptions for matters in which it is disputed whether the public administration has complied with the time limits established by the Ley General de la Administración Pública (General Law of Public Administration) (Articles 261 and 325) or by sectoral laws governing special administrative procedures, to issue a final decision in an administrative procedure—initiated ex officio or at the request of a party—or to hear the applicable administrative appeals. In this case, specifically, an exception applies, since the matter concerns an environmental complaint that is alleged not to have been resolved within a reasonable time. Having clarified this point, the Court proceeds to resolve the specific situation challenged in this amparo. (…)”\nVCG09/2026"
}