Request to transfer jurisdiction for pending trial

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for the transfer of jurisdiction (strămutare) filed by three applicants, upholding the jurisdiction of the Iași Court of Appeal. The dispute concerned a procedural request to move the case from the Iași Court of Appeal to another court, with the petitioners arguing for such a transfer while the prosecutor and the court noted that the case had a scheduled hearing date, rendering the transfer unnecessary or procedurally inappropriate. The decisive legal basis was the procedural rule that a petition for transfer of jurisdiction must be dismissed if the case is already set for trial or if the request does not meet the statutory requirements for changing the competent court, resulting in the final dismissal of the petition without the possibility of appeal.