Petition for transfer of case jurisdiction: application of procedural lawfulness and fixed hearing schedule

The High Court of Cassation and Justice, First Civil Section, dismissed the application for the transfer of jurisdiction (*strămutare*) filed by the applicant, resulting in the case remaining with the Teleorman County Court of Appeal under the principle of procedural lawfulness (*procedura legal îndeplinită*). The dispute concerned a procedural request to relocate case No. 2072/87/2012 from the Teleorman Court of Appeal, which the applicant likely sought to change for strategic or logistical reasons; however, the court noted the existence of a scheduled hearing date in the informatic case registry and accepted the Public Ministry’s argument against the transfer. The decisive legal basis was the determination that the existing procedural framework and case assignment were already lawfully established, rendering the transfer request unfounded, with the decision rendered without appeal.