Transfer of civil jurisdiction for bias: admissibility grounds and jurisdictional competence

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for the transfer of jurisdiction of the underlying case, ruling in favor of the opposing parties; the petition for the transfer of Case No. 1344/100/2012 from the Maramures Tribunal was rejected, and this decision is final with no further appeal. The dispute involved a procedural application filed by a civil party requesting the transfer of a pending civil matter to a different court, while the respondent parties were absent and the Public Ministry represented by a prosecutor opposed the request. The Court’s decisive legal basis was the statutory requirement that a petition for transfer of jurisdiction is only admissible when specific grounds for bias or improper composition are proven; since the underlying case had a scheduled hearing in June 2012 and no such grounds were established to override the competent court's jurisdiction, the Court upheld the original forum.