Request for recusal to transfer case jurisdiction due to scheduled hearing date

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for recusal (strămutare) filed by the claimant, thereby leaving the case pending before the original court and denying the applicant's request. The dispute concerned a procedural motion to transfer Case No. 1247/263/2012 from the Motru Court to a different venue; the prosecutor opposed the transfer, and the court noted that the case already had a hearing scheduled for October 4, 2012, in the originating jurisdiction. The decision was rendered as final and non-appealable, based on the court's assessment that the statutory grounds for recusal under Romanian civil procedure were not met, prioritizing the continuity of proceedings in the originally assigned tribunal.