Transfer of civil proceedings from Dolj to Botoșani County Courts granted on legitimate suspicion

The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the petition filed by a limited liability company, ordering the transfer of civil proceedings from the Dolj County Court to the Botoșani County Court while preserving procedural acts performed prior to the transfer; this non-appealable decision resolved a request for the removal of jurisdiction based on allegations of legitimate suspicion. The dispute involved a challenge to the impartiality of the originally assigned court in a civil case pending before the Dolj County Court's Second Civil Section, with both the petitioner’s representative and the Public Prosecutor supporting the admission of the transfer. The decisive legal basis was the doctrine of legitimate suspicion (bănuiala legitimă) regarding judicial impartiality, which justified the extraordinary measure of transferring the case to a different court within the same jurisdictional level to ensure fair trial rights.