Mootness of motion to transfer trial venue due to prior adjudication of civil case

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petitioner's request for the transfer of a civil case pending before the Focșani Court, resulting in a final order without appeal that maintained the original venue. The dispute concerned a procedural motion to relocate the trial of civil case no. 242/231/2012, which the assistant magistrate identified as having been already adjudicated and closed in the computerized case registry on May 17, 2012, thereby rendering the transfer request moot. The court’s decision rested on the doctrine that a procedural request must be dismissed as having no remaining object if the underlying proceedings are already concluded, a position supported by the Public Prosecutor’s recommendation.