Civil litigation: Denial of change of venue (strămutare) due to failure to meet statutory transfer conditions

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the motion for change of venue (strămutare) filed by the claimants, thereby upholding the jurisdiction of the Alba Tribunal for the underlying civil case (File No. 3046/176/2007) and resulting in a final, non-appealable decision that the claimants did not prevail. The dispute involved a procedural challenge to the territorial or functional jurisdiction of the original court, initiated by absent claimants against respondents including a state entity represented by the Ministry of Public Finance, with the Public Prosecutor arguing against the transfer. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was the court's procedural analysis of the transfer request under the Romanian Code of Civil Procedure, which determined that the statutory conditions for moving the case to a different court were not met, leaving the original proceedings intact.