Case transfer denied; application for bias-based reassignment rejected as unfounded.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Civil Section I) rejected the application filed by the petitioner (a limited liability company) to transfer the civil case in File No. 166/247/2013 of the Însurăței Court, with no appeal available, thus leaving the case with that court. The dispute concerned a request for case transfer (strămutare) based on grounds of suspicion of bias or other reasons, heard in a council chamber; the court, having verified that the case was scheduled for 25 September 2013 and considering the prosecutor’s opposing view, found no grounds to grant the transfer. The dismissal was based on the failure to demonstrate legal grounds under the Romanian Code of Civil Procedure governing case transfer, as the court found no valid reason to remove the case from its assigned court, making the application unfounded.