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Decizia nr. 2511/2021 AI generated

Transfer of jurisdiction from a first-instance tribunal: declination by the Supreme Court in favor of the appellate court

Case Number Decizia nr. 2511/2021
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice declined its subject-matter jurisdiction, ordering the case to be heard by the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, effectively directing the parties to the lower appellate body for a substantive decision on their motion. The dispute involved a request for the transfer (strămutare) of a civil case originally pending before the Sibiu Court, initiated by the applicants on grounds of legitimate suspicion of bias. The court determined that under Article 142(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, transfer requests challenging tribunals fall within the exclusive competence of the corresponding Court of Appeal; since the Sibiu Court is territorially within the jurisdiction of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, the High Court applied Article 132 of the Code of Civil Procedure to declinatory its own jurisdiction.

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art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ, art. 132 C. proc. civ; Transfer of jurisdiction from a first-instance tribunal: declination by the Supreme Court in favor of the appellate court: The dispute involved a request for the transfer (strămutare) of a civil case originally pending before the Sibiu Court, initiated by the applicants on grounds of legitimate suspicion of bias. The court determined that under Article 142(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, transfer requests challenging tribunals fall within the exclusive competence of the corresponding Court of Appeal; since the Sibiu Court is territorially within the jurisdiction of the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, the High Court applied Article 132 of the Code of Civil Procedure to declinatory its own jurisdiction.

Keywords

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conflict of jurisdiction grounds for cassation civil dispute transfer of competence preliminary ruling procedure alternative territorial jurisdiction

Cited Legislation

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art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ
Substantive basis determining that the request for transfer of a tribunal case falls under the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, justifying the declination of competence.
art. 132 C. proc. civ
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to declare the court's lack of competence and transfer the matter to the competent authority.
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Decizia nr. 2201/2015
Jurisdictional allocation of a transfer of venue request: declination by the supreme court to the appellate court under first-instance transfer rules
Decizia nr. 1547/2015
Strămutare: Jurisdictional declination to appellate court for transfer requests based on legitimate suspicion from first-instance tribunals
Decizia nr. 254/2017
Transfer of jurisdiction from Supreme Court to Court of Appeal for appeal against first-instance judgment
Decizia nr. 311/2014
Jurisdictional declination for transfer of tribunal case to court of appeal under New Civil Procedure Code
Decizia nr. 2279/2019
Declination of jurisdiction for transfer of jurisdiction request to the Court of Appeal

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art. 132 C. proc. civ.

Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to declare the court's lack of competence and transfer the matter to the competent authority.

art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ.

Substantive basis determining that the request for transfer of a tribunal case falls under the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, justifying the declination of competence.

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Şedinţa publică din data de 18 noiembrie 2021

Asupra cererii de strămutare, constată următoarele:

Prin cererea înregistrată la 1 noiembrie 2021 pe rolul Înaltei Curţi de Casaţie şi Justiţie, secţia I civilă, petenţii A. şi B. au solicitat strămutarea dosarului nr. x/2019 al Tribunalului Sibiu, secţia I civilă.

Potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ., cererea de strămutare întemeiată pe motive de bănuială legitimă este de competenţa curţii de apel, dacă instanţa de la care se cere strămutarea este o judecătorie sau un tribunal din circumscripţia acesteia.

Se constată că prin cererea dedusă judecăţii se solicită strămutarea unui dosar înregistrat pe rolul Tribunalului Sibiu, instanţă aflată în circumscripţia teritorială a Curţii de Apel Alba Iulia.

Pentru aceste considerente, în aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 132 C. proc. civ., raportat la prevederile art. 142 alin. (1) C. proc. civ., Înalta Curte constată că instanţa competentă material a soluţiona cererea de strămutare este Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia, în favoarea căreia va dispune declinarea competenţei.

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Declină competenţa de soluţionare a cererii de strămutare a dosarului nr. x/2019 al Tribunalului Sibiu, secţia I civilă, formulată de petenţii A. şi B., în favoarea Curţii de Apel Alba Iulia.

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Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 18 noiembrie 2021.