Judicial transfer (starmutare) of civil case jurisdiction: rejection for lack of legal basis

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the application filed by the appellants for the transfer (starmutare) of civil case no. 445/90/2010 from the Pitești Court of Appeal, thereby upholding the opposition of the respondent, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the competent judicial body, with the decision being final and without further appeal. The dispute concerned a procedural motion to relocate the jurisdiction of an ongoing civil trial, where the opposing parties argued the request was unfounded; the court noted that the original court had a scheduled hearing in October 2013 and that the respondent had filed an objection on September 10, 2013. The decision rests on the procedural assessment that the request for transfer of jurisdiction was not legally substantiated, resulting in the continuation of the proceedings at the originally competent court.