Declination of jurisdiction for transfer request based on legitimate suspicion

The Supreme Court of Cassation and Justice declined its own jurisdiction over a request to transfer a case from the Topoloveni Court to the Pitești Court of Appeal, effectively ruling that the appellate court is the competent body to decide the motion, a decision that is final and non-appealable. The dispute involved a procedural petition filed by a plaintiff to transfer a civil lawsuit pending before the local court of first instance, asserting grounds of legitimate suspicion. Relying on Article 142(1) of the new Code of Civil Procedure, which vests exclusive jurisdiction in the court of appeal for transfer requests based on legitimate suspicion when the originating court is a tribunal or district court within its circuit, the High Court determined it lacked competence to adjudicate the petition.