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Decizia nr. 1484/2020 AI generated

Transfer of civil case: material jurisdiction for legitimate suspicion requests against first-instance courts

Case Number Decizia nr. 1484/2020
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice ordered the declination of jurisdiction, transferring the case to the Craiova Court of Appeal without prejudice to the merits, thereby denying the applicant's implicit request for immediate review at the supreme level. The dispute involved a procedural motion by a limited liability company in liquidation to transfer a civil case pending at the Drobeta-Turnu Severin Court of First Instance to a different court due to legitimate suspicion of bias. Applying Article 142(1) of the Civil Procedure Code, the court determined that requests for transfer based on legitimate suspicion regarding decisions by a first-instance court fall within the exclusive material jurisdiction of the corresponding court of appeal, not the High Court, which therefore lacked competence to adjudicate the substantive request and was bound to refer the matter to the competent appellate authority.

Legislator headnote

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art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ, art. 132 C. proc. civ; Transfer of civil case: material jurisdiction for legitimate suspicion requests against first-instance courts: The dispute involved a procedural motion by a limited liability company in liquidation to transfer a civil case pending at the Drobeta-Turnu Severin Court of First Instance to a different court due to legitimate suspicion of bias. Applying Article 142(1) of the Civil Procedure Code, the court determined that requests for transfer based on legitimate suspicion regarding decisions by a first-instance court fall within the exclusive material jurisdiction of the corresponding court of appeal, not the High Court, which therefore lacked competence to adjudicate the substantive request and was bound to refer the matter to the competent appellate authority.

Keywords

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lack of jurisdiction Civil Procedure Code matter in dispute legitimate suspicion of bias transfer of competence procedural orders

Cited Legislation

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art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ
Main ground establishing that the request for transfer based on legitimate suspicion regarding a first-instance court falls within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, not the High Court.
art. 132 C. proc. civ
Procedural rule applied to declare the declination of competence in favor of the correct appellate court.
AI generated
Decizia nr. 3288/2013
Declination of material jurisdiction to the Court of Appeal for request for transfer of case based on legitimate suspicion
Decizia nr. 1933/2019
Transfer of civil case for legitimate suspicion: material competence of Court of Appeal under new Civil Procedure Code
Decizia nr. 1033/2020
Transfer of jurisdiction for civil cases: exclusive appellate competence over legitimate suspicion grounds under Article 142(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure
Decizia nr. 494/2018
Transfer of jurisdiction for legitimate suspicion: Competence of Court of Appeal over first-instance proceedings
Decizia nr. 1581/2014
Jurisdiction for civil case transfer based on legitimate suspicion under the New Code of Civil Procedure

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 132 C. proc. civ.

Procedural rule applied to declare the declination of competence in favor of the correct appellate court.

art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ.

Main ground establishing that the request for transfer based on legitimate suspicion regarding a first-instance court falls within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, not the High Court.

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Asupra cererii de strămutare, constată următoarele:

Prin cererea înregistrată la 12 iunie 2020 pe rolul Înaltei Curţi de Casaţie şi Justiţie, secţia I civilă, petenta SC A. SRL prin lichidator judiciar B. a solicitat strămutarea pricinii care face obiectul dosarului nr. x/2020 al Judecătoriei Drobeta-Turnu Severin, pentru motive de bănuială legitimă.

Potrivit art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ., cererea de strămutare întemeiată pe motive de bănuială legitimă este de competenţa curţii de apel, dacă instanţa de la care se cere strămutarea este o judecătorie sau un tribunal din circumscripţia acesteia.

În cauză, se constată că, în susţinerea cererii de strămutare au fost invocate motive de bănuială legitimă, iar cererea priveşte strămutarea unui dosar înregistrat pe rolul Judecătoriei Drobeta-Turnu Severin, instanţă aflată în circumscripţia teritorială a Curţii de Apel Craiova.

Pentru aceste considerente, în aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 132 C. proc. civ., raportat la prevederile art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ., Înalta Curte constată că instanţa competentă material a soluţiona cererea de strămutare este Curtea de Apel Craiova, instanţă în favoarea căreia va dispune declinarea competenţei.

PENTRU ACESTE MOTIVE,

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D E C I D E

Declină competenţa de soluţionare a cererii formulate de petenta SC A. SRL prin lichidator judiciar B., privind strămutarea pricinii ce formează obiectul dosarului nr. x/2020 al Judecătoriei Drobeta-Turnu Severin, în favoarea Curţii de Apel Craiova.

Fără cale de atac.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 9 iulie 2020.

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