Mootness of change-of-venue petition following prior adjudication of the underlying civil case

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the petitioners' request to transfer a civil case from the Botoșani Court of Appeal, thereby leaving the original court's jurisdiction intact. The dispute concerned a procedural application for the change of venue (strămuture) of a specific civil case, which was raised after the administrative record indicated that the underlying matter had already been adjudicated by the lower court on May 18, 2012. Relying on the doctrine of mootness, the Court determined that the request for transfer had become devoid of object because the initial instance proceedings had concluded prior to the hearing, rendering the procedural challenge inoperative; the decision is final and subject to no further appeal.