4 ANNAGI HAJIBEYLI v. AZERBAIJAN JUDGMENT before the CEC concerning the ConEC decision and procedures. Moreover, he raised, inter alia, the following complaints: (a) contrary to the requirements of the electoral law, the CEC had failed to notify him of its meetings and to ensure his presence during the examination of the signature sheets and the examination of his complaint; (b) the CEC had ignored the written statements by over 400 voters confirming the authenticity of their signatures and had failed to take them into account; and (c) the CEC had failed to provide any reasoning and had not addressed any of the applicant’s arguments in its decision. 18. By a judgment of 22 October 2010 the Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the applicant’s appeal. The court dismissed the applicant’s arguments as irrelevant or unsubstantiated, and found that there were no grounds for quashing the CEC’s decision. 19. On 25 October 2010 the applicant lodged a further appeal with the Supreme Court, reiterating his previous complaints and arguing that the Baku Court of Appeal had not carried out a fair examination of the case and had delivered an unreasoned judgment. 20. On 28 October 2010 the Supreme Court dismissed the applicant’s appeal as unsubstantiated, without examining his arguments in detail and finding no grounds for doubting the findings of the electoral commissions and the Court of Appeal. D. The Court proceedings and seizure of the applicant’s case file 21. In addition to the applicant in the present case, at the material time the applicant’s representative Mr Intigam Aliyev was representing twenty-seven other applicants in cases concerning the 2010 parliamentary elections and a number of applicants in other cases before the Court. Mr Aliyev has also lodged an application on his own behalf in a case relating to the 2010 elections (application no. 66684/12). 22. In August 2014 the prosecution authorities launched an investigation into the activities of a number of NGOs, including the Legal Education Society, an NGO headed by Mr Aliyev. 23. On 7 August 2014 the Nasimi District Court issued a search warrant authorising the search of Mr Aliyev’s office in the Legal Education Society and seizure of “legal, financial, accounting and banking documents, letters and contracts, reports on execution of grant contracts and tax documents relating to [the organisation’s] establishment, structure, functioning, membership registration, receipt of grants and other financial aid, and allocation of granted funds, as well as computers, disks, USB keys and other electronic devices storing relevant information ...” 24. On 8 August 2014 Mr Intigam Aliyev was arrested after questioning by an investigator of the Prosecutor General’s Office in connection with the