Transfer of civil case granted from Giurgiu to Constanța Tribunal over impartiality concerns; prosecutor's opposition rejected.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the petitioner's request for the transfer (strămutare) of a civil case and ordered that the proceedings in Case No. 5599/236/2011 be moved from the Giurgiu Tribunal to the Constanța Tribunal, while preserving all procedural acts already performed; the decision is final and not subject to appeal. The dispute arose in a pending civil case before the Giurgiu Tribunal, with a hearing scheduled for 31 October 2012, and the petitioner sought transfer on grounds of impartiality or fair-trial concerns. The Court based its ruling on the statutory provisions governing transfer of cases, concluding that the legal conditions for transfer were met, and rejected the prosecutor's opposition, with no further reasoning detailed in the available text.