Request for transfer of civil case jurisdiction denied due to lack of valid grounds for strămutare

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the request for the removal of the case, meaning the original jurisdiction remained unchanged and the parties seeking transfer did not prevail. The dispute involved a procedural petition for the *strămutare* (transfer) of a civil lawsuit originally pending before the Court of Appeal Iași, filed by two petitioners against two respondents who were absent from the hearing. The Public Ministry’s representative argued for dismissal, and the Court found the legal requirements for transferring jurisdiction were not met. Under Romanian civil procedure law governing the transfer of cases to a different court, the High Court determined that the request lacked the necessary grounds to displace the competent forum, resulting in a final and unappealable decision keeping the case with the Court of Appeal Iași.