Transfer of jurisdiction due to legitimate suspicion of bias under Article 37(2) of the Civil Procedure Code

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Criminal and Civil Division) granted the request for a transfer of venue, ordering that the case be moved from the Suceava Court of Appeal to the Iași Court of Appeal for continuation, while preserving the procedural acts already completed; this non-appealable decision was issued at the request of the Suceava Court of Appeal regarding a pending administrative-fiscal lawsuit originally registered before the Suceava Court of First Instance. The dispute involved a challenge to the proper jurisdiction or neutrality of the original tribunal, prompting the higher court to intervene to ensure a fair trial. The decisive legal basis was Article 37(2) of the Civil Procedure Code, which allows for the transfer of a case when there are legitimate grounds for suspicion or bias against the designated judicial body.