Strămutare (transfer of jurisdiction) of civil proceedings: rejection based on existing hearing schedule and lack of grounds for venue change

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for transfer (strămutare) filed by the plaintiff, leaving the original jurisdiction of the Pitești County Court in force, in a final decision without appeal. The dispute concerned a request to relocate a civil case from the Pitești County Court to a different tribunal; the prosecution opposed the transfer, and the magistrates noted that the case already had a scheduled hearing date on the day of the hearing. The dismissal was grounded in the procedural requirements for changing jurisdiction, where the court determined that the statutory conditions for transferring the case away from the designated competent court were not met, thereby rejecting the procedural maneuver to alter venue.