Motion for change of venue dismissed due to failure to meet statutory conditions for jurisdictional transfer

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the motion for a change of venue filed by a joint-stock company, resulting in a final, non-appealable order that preserved the original jurisdiction of the Timiș County Court for the underlying civil dispute (Case No. 1134/252/2011), which had a scheduled hearing date of June 26, 2012. The procedural dispute centered on the applicant’s request to transfer the case from its originally assigned court, a motion opposed by the Public Prosecutor and evaluated by the Court during a private council session where all parties, including the applicant and the defendants, were absent. The decision relied on the procedural requirements for venue changes under Romanian civil procedure law, specifically the grounds and verification steps for *strămutare*, concluding that the statutory conditions for granting the transfer were not met.