High Court of Cassation and Justice

High Court of Cassation and Justice
Romanian: *Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție*
High Court of Cassation and Justice; Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție
Established	1861
Location	Bucharest
Composition method	admission contest/Promotion
Authorized by	Constitution
Website	http://www.scj.ro/
President
Currently
Since	15 September 2019

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romanian: Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție) is Romania's supreme court, and the court of last resort. It is the equivalent of France's Cour de Cassation and serves a similar function to other courts of cassation around the world.

Naming history[]

It held various names during its existence: "Curtea Supremă" (Supreme Court) and "Tribunalul Suprem" (Supreme Tribunal) during the Communist period (1948–1952 and 1952–1989 respectively), and "Curtea Supremă de Justiție" (Supreme Court of Justice) from 1990 to 2003. The name "Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție" was re-introduced in 2003, having been also used during the United Principalities (1862–1881) and Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947).

Administration[]

The court is led by a president, seconded by a vice-president and the leading council. Since September 2019, its president is Corina-Alina Corbu. The general assembly of the court's judges assigns two members for the . The same assembly approves the annual activity report (released publicly) and the budget of the institution.

According to the law, "The president, the vice-president and the section presidents of the High Court of Cassation and Justice are named by the President of Romania, at the proposal of the Superior Council of Magistrature, out of the judges of the High Court that have worked in at this instance for at least two years". The term lasts for three years, with the possibility of being renewed once.^[2]

List of Court Presidents[]

No.	Name	Term start	Term end
High Court of Cassation and Justice
1		14 February 1862	19 October 1868
2		24 October 1868	8 March 1869
3		8 March 1869	3 September 1876
4		3 September 1876	15 October 1886
5		15 October 1886	1 April 1906
6		1 April 1906	1 May 1909
7		1 May 1909	1 October 1911
8		1911	1918
9		1919	5 August 1924
10	Gheorghe Buzdugan	5 August 1924	5 June 1927
11		5 August 1927	7 November 1930
12		7 November 1930	17 February 1931
13		24 March 1931	1 June 1938
14	Andrei Rădulescu	1 June 1938	September 1940
15		September 1940	1944
16		1944	1945
17		1945	1947
(16)		1947	1948
Supreme Court
(16)		1949	1 April 1949
18		1 April 1949	1 August 1952
Supreme Tribunal
18		1 August 1952	24 January 1953
19		24 January 1953	1 July 1954
20		1 July 1954	March 1967
21		March 1967	August 1975
22		August 1975	January 1977
23		January 1977	November 1979
24		November 1979	27 December 1989
Supreme Court of Justice
24		27 December 1989	3 January 1990
25		3 January 1990	20 July 1990
26		20 July 1990	17 June 1992
27		13 July 1992	25 July 1994
28		20 December 1994	20 June 1998
29		20 June 1998	6 April 2000
30		27 April 2000	18 October 2003
High Court of Cassation and Justice
30		18 October 2003	16 June 2004
31	Nicolae Popa	14 July 2004	14 September 2009
32		14 September 2009	15 September 2010
33		17 September 2010	14 September 2016
34		14 September 2016	14 September 2019
35		15 September 2019	incumbent