Venue transfer granted to Brașov Tribunal; request admissible, reassignment ordered.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Civil Section I) granted the application for venue transfer (strămutare) filed by the petitioner, ordering that the civil case in File No. 4426/1285/2011 pending before the Specialized Tribunal of Cluj be transferred to the Brașov Tribunal, while preserving all procedural acts already performed; the ruling is final and not subject to appeal. The dispute concerned a request to change venue based on grounds argued in writing and orally by the petitioner, opposed by the respondent and the prosecutor, during a hearing where the underlying case had been stayed until the ruling date. Legally, the court applied the statutory provisions on discretionary transfer of cases between courts (strămutare) under Romanian civil procedure, finding the request admissible and ordering the reassignment of jurisdiction to another court of equal competence.