Court can also judge actions on tax reform regulation, wage equality criteria and cases dealing with the use of Coaf data
The (Federal Supreme Court) will begin the April trial schedule by analyzing the rules for the buffer mandate for the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Throughout this month, the collegiate also discussed the Ferrogrão railway and the process that discusses provisions of the so-called Ferrari Law, which regulates the relationship between car manufacturers and concessionaires.
Here’s what will be up for discussion this month:
ELECTIONS IN RIO
On April 8th, the Supreme two actions that question whether, with the impeachment of the president of Alerj (Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro), Rodrigo Bacellar (União), it will be up to state deputies to elect a governor indirectly or whether a direct election will be applied, after the (PL-RJ), on March 23.
The case was initiated in the court’s virtual plenary session on Friday (27 March 2026), but the trial was interrupted with the request for prominence from Minister Cristiano Zanin. Until April 8, Couto de Castro will remain in charge of the Guanabara Palace.
FERROGÃO PROJECT
The STF also judges on April 8, the action that, in Pará, for the construction of Ferrogrão. The railway aims to connect Pará to Mato Grosso, with the aim of transporting agricultural production.
The action was presented by PSOL in 2020. In March 2021, minister Alexandre de Moraes suspended, in a preliminary decision, the effectiveness of the rule. Here’s the (PDF — 158 kB)
SHE FERRARI
The STF should resume its analysis of the action of the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) that questions provisions of the known as the Ferrari Law, which regulates the commercial relationship between car manufacturers and vehicle dealers.
In force since 1979 and amended by the standard regulates commercial concessions in the automotive sector. In the action, the PGR contests sections of the law relating to exclusivity in marketing and the territorial limitations of concessionaires.
Minister Edson Fachin, rapporteur of the process, voted on March 5, 2026 to dismiss the request and maintain the law. After filing the action, the PGR itself began to defend the validity of the rule.
OTHER TOPICS
The Supreme Court’s April agenda also includes actions that deal with labor relations, financial supervision and income protection.
Here are other themes that can be judged throughout April:
- actions on the regulation of tax reform;
- discussions on equal pay criteria;
- cases that deal with the use of Coaf data;
- processes on defining the existential minimum.
