Judicial transfer of jurisdiction (strămutare) denied for lack of legitimate suspicion of bias

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the request for the transfer of jurisdiction (strămutare) filed by the plaintiff, a company in judicial liquidation, leaving the case pending before the Bacău Court of Appeal. The dispute concerned a procedural challenge under Romanian civil procedure law, where the applicant sought to move the trial from its assigned court, arguing grounds for recusal or bias, but the court found no legitimate suspicion of impartiality. Relying on Article 140(1) and (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court determined that the statutory threshold for transferring the case to another court was not met, rendering the decision final and definitive.