Motion to transfer civil case jurisdiction dismissed for lack of procedural basis due to existing scheduled hearing

The Supreme Court of Romania (Court of Cassation and Justice) dismissed the motion filed by the applicant seeking the transfer of jurisdiction for a civil case pending before the Bucharest Court of Appeal, thereby leaving the original court competent to hear the matter. The dispute concerned a procedural application to move the civil lawsuit from the Court of Appeal, Ninth Civil Section (and Intellectual Property, Labor, and Social Security section), to another judicial instance. In deciding, the Court relied on the procedural argument that the hearing for the case in question had already been scheduled for postponement on June 5, 2012, per the electronic case register, rendering the transfer request moot or improperly timed; the decision is final and not subject to appeal.