Inadmissibility of referrals for the resolution of legal questions due to procedural defects

The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the Panel for the Resolution of Legal Questions, dismissed as inadmissible the two referrals submitted by the Brașov and Călărași District Courts for the interpretation of specific legal issues, thereby maintaining the status quo of the underlying proceedings without resolving the substantive dispute on the merits. The procedural dispute involved civil matters in dosars 2947/62/2023 and 997/116/2024, where the lower courts sought a unifying decision on points of law. The decisive legal basis for the ruling was the procedural admissibility requirements for referrals to the Supreme Court under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which mandates that such referrals be binding and strictly evaluated for procedural conformity before substantive review.