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Inadmissibility of preliminary reference on interpretation of political persecution rights legislation (Law-Decree 118/1990)

Case Number ICCJ_206284
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) dismissed as inadmissible seven connected preliminary reference questions submitted by the Civil Section of the Harghita Court of Appeal, thereby declining to issue a binding legal interpretation; the procedural dispute concerned the admissibility of requests for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 13(8) of Law-Decree No. 118/1990, which grants rights to persons politically persecuted or deported by the communist regime starting from March 6, 1945. By rejecting the jurisdictional request, the court established that the specific legal interpretation sought did not meet the procedural requirements for the Supreme Court to exercise its power of unifying case law under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, leaving the lower courts' proceedings on the merits unaffected by this procedural ruling.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Inadmissibility of preliminary reference on interpretation of political persecution rights legislation (Law-Decree 118/1990): 118/1990, which grants rights to persons politically persecuted or deported by the communist regime starting from March 6, 1945. By rejecting the jurisdictional request, the court established that the specific legal interpretation sought did not meet the procedural requirements for the Supreme Court to exercise its power of unifying case law under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, leaving the lower courts' proceedings on the merits unaffected by this procedural ruling.

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reference for a preliminary ruling persecution exercise of political rights procedural rights established right interpretation of the law

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish that the decision is mandatory (obligatorie).
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ICCJ_133734
Inadmissibility of reference regarding interpretation of Decree-Law 118/1990 on political persecution benefits and mandatory domicile proof by witness testimony
Decizia nr. 75/2023
Admissibility of preliminary ruling on whether administrative decisions are final and unappealable under Decree-Law No. 118/1990
ICCJ_135992
Prejudicial question inadmissible: evidentiary weight of family member’s political persecution status under Decree-Law 118/1990
Decizia nr. 65/2021
Preliminary ruling referral dismissed as inadmissible absent genuine interpretive question on appellate court composition.
ICCJ_172238
Inadmissibility of preliminary reference on knowledge of unpublished legislative rights for foreign mission personnel under Civil Code Article 2,523

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 75 Dosar nr. 1864/1/2023

Ședința de la 20 noiembrie 2023

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibile, sesizările conexate formulate de Tribunalul Harghita – Secţia civilă, în dosarele nr. 215/96/2023, nr. 174/96/2023, nr. 547/96/2023, nr. 176/96/2023, nr. 548/96/2023, nr. 108/96/2023 şi nr. 1.388/96/2022, în vederea pronunțării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea chestiunii de drept cu privire la dispozițiile art. 13 alin. (8) din Decretul-lege nr. 118/1990 privind acordarea unor drepturi persoanelor persecutate din motive politice de dictatura instaurată cu începere de la 6 martie 1945, precum şi celor deportate în străinătate ori constituite în prizonieri, republicat, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.

Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 20 noiembrie 2023.