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Sklep I Pr 28/94 ECLI:SI:VSRS:1994:I.PR.28.94 AI generated

Supreme Court allows transfer of case due to judge's spouse being the opposing party and personal acquaintances.

Case Number Sklep I Pr 28/94
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Jurisdiction Slovenia (SI)
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The Supreme Court of Slovenia ruled that the Basic Court lacked impartiality due to the plaintiff being the divorced wife of a judge on the appellate court and having personal acquaintances with judges at the Basic Court. The court found these circumstances constituted a significant reason to transfer the case to another competent court under the Code of Civil Procedure. Consequently, the Supreme Court approved the plaintiff's request to determine a different court to handle the proceedings.

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Article 68 of the Code of Civil Procedure; A court may transfer a case to another competent court when obvious difficulties arise or other significant reasons exist, such as the opposing party being the spouse of a judge on the appellate court or having personal acquaintances with judges of the court hearing the case.

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impartiality judge's spouse personal acquaintances court transfer Code of Civil Procedure significant reason procedural justice

Cited Legislation

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Article 68 of the Code of Civil Procedure
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Sklep I R 47/97
Supreme Court transfers case to another district court due to significant weighty reasons involving the defendant being a judge.
Sklep I R 66/2009
Supreme Court dismisses transfer of jurisdiction request based on plaintiff's subjective feelings of unfairness.
VSL sklep II Cp 2225/2004
Court dismisses claim for reimbursement of state-paid technical inspection costs as a traffic violation expense, not a civil dispute.
Sklep I Pr 18/93
Slovenian Supreme Court dismisses transfer of jurisdiction request based on former employee status.
Sklep I R 43/2010
Appeal court jurisdiction transferred to ensure appearance of impartiality when judge is party's superior.

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Za odločanje v tej zadevi se določi kot pristojno sodišče Temeljno sodišče v ...

[JEDRO]

Okoliščine, da je tožnica razvezana žena sodnika višjega sodišča, ki bi odločalo na drugi stopnji, in da obstajajo tako še druga osebna poznanstva s sodniki enote temeljnega sodišča, predstavljajo tehten razlog za določitev drugega stvarno pristojnega sodišča.

[OBRAZLOŽITEV]

Tožnica je vložila tožbo pri Temeljnem sodišču v ... enoti v ... V tožbi je predlagala, da se po 68.čl. Zakona o pravdnem postopku določi drugo pristojno sodišče. Svoj predlog je obrazložila s tem, da je razvezana žena sodnika Višjega sodišča v ..., ki bi o zadevi odločalo na drugi stopnji, obstojajo pa tudi druga osebna znanstva. Temeljno sodišče v ... enota v ... se je s tožničinim predlogom strinjalo.

Predlog je utemeljen.

Po 68.čl. Zakona o pravdnem postopku lahko Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije kot najvišje redno sodišče v državi določi, naj postopa v posamezni zadevi drugo stvarno pristojno sodišče z njegovega območja, če je očitno, da se bo tako laže opravil postopek, ali če so za to drugi tehtni razlogi. Okoliščine, da je tožnica razvezana žena sodnika Višjega sodišča v ..., ki bi odločalo na drugi stopnji, in da obstajajo tako še druga osebna poznanstva s sodniki Temeljnega sodišča v ... enote v ..., predstavljajo tehten razlog za določitev drugega stvarno pristojnega sodišča. Zato je vrhovno sodišče predlogu ugodilo.