Court made a decision on time zone in Kazakhstan

Tengrinews.kz - The Interdistrict Civil Court of Astana made a decision on the lawsuit filed by a Kazakhstani citizen against the government regarding the change in the time zone.

According to the court, the basis for the lawsuit was the claim that the time zone did not correspond to astronomical time, the respondent lacked the authority to make such decisions, and the change in more than half of the text led to the issuance of a new regulatory legal act.

The court explained that the law "On ensuring the unity of measurements" assigns the development of state policy in this area to the competence of the government. In 2000, an Interdepartmental Commission on Time and Standard Frequencies was established, which makes proposals on timekeeping issues.

Thus, the court's decision rejected the Kazakhstani's lawsuit.

The decision has not yet entered into legal force.

Recall, a resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Serikzhan Akhmetzhanov, has filed a lawsuit in the civil court of Astana against the government of Kazakhstan, demanding that the decision to change the time zone be declared illegal and revoked.