Transfer of civil jurisdiction denied due to scheduled hearing date

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for the transfer of jurisdiction, thereby denying the relief sought by the applicants and upholding the authority of the Pitești Court of First Instance to retain the case. The dispute concerned a procedural request to relocate a pending civil matter from the Pitești Court to a different competent court, a motion opposed by both the respondent’s legal counsel and the public prosecutor on the grounds that a hearing was already scheduled for the immediate future. Relying on the court's docket records indicating an upcoming trial date that rendered the transfer request untimely or procedurally impermissible, the Court applied the procedural rules governing the transfer of cases (strămutare), determining that the specific logistical or impartiality criteria required for a transfer were not met, resulting in a final, non-appealable decision.