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Judge Calama gives Patrimonio two days to provide the minutes of gifts to Zapatero due to the possible embezzlement raised by the Prosecutor's Office
Calama grants two days to deliver documentation on institutional gifts received during his terms. The Prosecutor's Office maintains that, if the seized jewels were an official gift as the former president claims, their preservation could be const

Crisis in the PP due to the investigation against the mayor of Algeciras, who appears before the court as investigated for an alleged crime against sexual freedom
The mayor of Algeciras has declared this Friday before the Court of Violence against Women after the complaint filed on October 12, in a procedure that has triggered a crisis in the local PP and his announced resignation on October 25

Leire Díez explodes against the PP and takes them to court with a lawsuit over the controversial AI video about the 'thugs'
The former socialist militant accuses the Popular Party of slander, attack against moral integrity, and digital identity theft for a piece disseminated on social media with a fake avatar

The judge investigating the Adamuz railway accident sets a date to download and decipher the black boxes of the trains involved
The court has set November 12 for the decryption and interpretation of the legal recorders of the two trains, after the Junta de Andalucía authorized an expense of 1,980 euros plus VAT for the expertise

Esperanza Aguirre testifies as a witness in the trial involving her former number two Ignacio González: the 'Lezo case'
The former president of Madrid appears this Thursday in the hearing against Ignacio González, in which the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requests six years in prison for alleged irregularities in two awards linked to a golf course

Justice scrutinizes the accounts of González Amador, Ayuso's partner, and also orders an investigation into his tax data
The magistrates side with the Prosecutor's Office and order the UCO to analyze this information along with bank movements to clarify the business operations under investigation

The Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman to the rescue of democracy for the 'grandchildren's law'
Gabilondo takes the initiative and appeals to the Constitutional Court the suspension of the right to vote of 163,000 naturalized Spaniards by the 'grandchildren's law'

The Constitutional Court halts the suspension of the right to vote for those naturalized under the "grandchildren's law" and will decide this Wednesday whether to support the appeal filed by the Ombudsman
The fourth section of the TC has decided, unanimously, that the Plenary Session will resolve the appeal against the suspension agreed by the Supreme Court for people naturalized under the democratic memory law

A Madrid judge is investigating who leaked former president Zapatero's private messages and agendas in the 'Plus Ultra case'
Judge Margarita Valcarce orders a report from the Police to clarify a possible revelation of secrets; meanwhile, the former president requests to appear as an injured party due to the dissemination of his private data

José Luis Ábalos will appeal his 24-year sentence for the 'mask case' to the Constitutional Court and reproaches the Supreme Court: "it confuses the application of the law with the power to create it"
The former Minister of Transport announces an appeal for protection of fundamental rights, after the Supreme Court rejected the nullity of his sentence

The Court of Accounts applies amnesty to Carles Puigdemont and 34 other defendants for 'procés' expenses
The sentence, to which EFE has had access, applies the amnesty law, exonerates the 35 defendants and orders the lifting of the bails imposed for the expenses of 1-O and the external promotion of the procés

The DANA judge points to Pradas and Argüeso: the deaths in La Torre could have been avoided "if they had exercised their functions"
The magistrate sees "clear indications" of negligence in the management of the emergency and maintains that an alert to go to upper floors could have saved lives; she demands new evidence from the València City Council

Piqué's lawyer breaks his silence after the judicial reunion with Shakira, while his parents avoid commenting
Ramón Tamborero assures that they are "very satisfied" and awaits the judge's resolution on the visitation rights for Milan and Sasha. Joan Piqué and Montserrat Bernabéu, for their part, have chosen to remain silent in the face of press questions

Ignacio González, former president of the Community of Madrid, denies in the National Court the accusations of bribery in the 'Lezo case' piece
The former Madrid president and four other defendants reject the facts in the trial for two contracts of the Canal de Isabel II linked to a golf course, while the court endorses the appearance of the Madrid City Council

163,020 Spaniards naturalized by the 'grandchildren's law', affected by the suspension of the vote on 29N: the Government is studying appealing the Supreme Court's decision to the Constitutional Court
The Executive will analyze with the State Attorney's Office if it can go to the Constitutional Court to try to reverse the decision that affects those naturalized by the 'grandchildren's law' before the general elections of November 29

Clash between the Supreme Court and the State Attorney's Office: the High Court maintains the suspension of the right to vote for those naturalized via the 'grandchildren's law'
The Contentious-Administrative Chamber rejects the Government's appeal, maintains the precautionary suspension as requested by the far-right Vox and Iustitia Europa, and orders that no new voters be registered in the CERA.

The PSOE charges against the PP after the halt to its indictment in the 'Leire Díez case': "It despairs of judicializing politics"
ElConstitucional.es has had access to a PSOE statement in which they accuse the popular party of trying to divert attention from their program with the judicialization of politics

The judge Pedraz rejects the imputation of the PSOE in the 'Leire case' pending further proceedings
The National Court postpones any decision on the possible indictment of the PSOE, after the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office saw indications but considered it premature to take that step

The investigation into the Ayuso Government's attic advances: the Court of Accounts sends the PSOE's complaint against Planifica Madrid to the Prosecution Department
ElConstitucional.es has had access to the document from the body, which transfers to the Judging Section the public action presented by Mar Espinar for the 6.3 million euro purchase from Planifica Madrid
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