Transfer of Jurisdiction (Strămutare) Denied as Moot Following Final Adjudication of Underlying Dispute

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petition for the transfer of jurisdiction (strămutare) filed by the petitioner, with no avenue for appeal, after the Public Ministry representative argued the request had become moot. The case involved a procedural request to transfer Case No. 2705/3/2009 from the Bucharest Court of Appeal due to concerns regarding its adjudication, but the magistrate assistant noted via the judicial IT system that the underlying dispute had already been adjudicated on April 11, 2014. Relying on the legal principle that a procedural request becomes inoperable (rămâne fără obiect) once the subject matter of the main action is resolved, the court held that the transfer of jurisdiction could no longer be granted, thereby leaving the prior resolution of the underlying case in force.