Request for venue transfer of administrative case dismissed for lack of legitimate suspicion of bias

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the request for venue transfer, leaving the case under the jurisdiction of the initial appellate court. The dispute involved a motion filed by the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest to remove the adjudication of a case docketed at the Bucharest Court of Appeal (Eighth Administrative and Fiscal Section) on the grounds of alleged bias. The court ordered that the request be rejected, finding that no legitimate suspicion of bias existed within the meaning of Article 140 of the Code of Civil Procedure, thereby establishing that the original court retained jurisdiction over the administrative-matter.