#hearing

03.08.2023 13:14

In 2021, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit in the local court of the Luhansk region. at the place of residence of the defendant about the collection of funds for education from the budget, the court opened proceedings on a civil case and scheduled a preliminary hearing for January 2022, the meeting did not take place, the court postponed it to another date. After the invasion of the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, the jurisdiction of the court was transferred to the Pavlograd City Court. Time passed and the plaintiff filed a new lawsuit in May 2023 with the Pavlograd City Court. on the same issue, despite the fact that a civil case has been opened and proceedings have been initiated by another court. The Pavlograd city court opens a new civil case and sets the hearing for August 2023. Did the defendant have the right to file a lawsuit, and the court to accept it for consideration if a civil case was opened by another court?