Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 February 2025.#Criminal proceedings against YR and Others.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the sixteenth chamber of the Criminal Division of the Sofiyski gradski sad.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU – Effective judicial protection – National rules on how cases are allocated among the judges of a given court – Allocation of cases by the head of court management – Power of the judge assigned to verify the lawfulness of the allocation.#Case C-16/24.