Dispute over change of venue dismissed, retaining jurisdiction with appellate court

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition filed by the applicant to transfer (strămutare) case no. 8138/111/2011 from the Oradea Court of Appeal, thereby upholding the status quo and leaving the case assigned to its original venue; the decision is final and admits no appeal. The dispute concerned a procedural motion for territorial transfer of a civil lawsuit, where the applicant sought to move the trial to a different jurisdiction, while the respondent public prosecutor’s office concluded for dismissal, noting that a hearing was scheduled for November 13, 2013, and an answer had been filed. The court rejected the transfer request based on its analysis of the procedural merits, determining that the statutory grounds for *strămutare* were not met, thus preserving the jurisdiction of the Oradea Court of Appeal over the matter.