T.A.No.281 of 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A.No.281 of 2008. Decided on August 13, 2009. Maninder Kaur .. Petitioner VERSUS Vikramjit Singh .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.G.S.Bhatia, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Ramneek Vasudeva, Advocate, for the respondent. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner-wife through the instant petition seeks the transfer of a divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, filed by the respondent-husband at Ropar to Patiala, inter alia, on the ground that there is a threat to her life and limb at Ropar, which has been denied by the respondent on the ground that the complaints, if any, filed by the petitioner regarding threat to her life have been found to be false. Counsel for the respondent has contended that . . . 1 T.A.No.281 of 2008 three witnesses of the respondent-husband in his application under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, have already been examined and cross-examined by the counsel for the petitioner at Ropar, and the respondent has already submitted his affidavit which is to be read as his examination-in-chief. He is to be cross-examined. In view of the said status of the proceedings, counsel for the respondent has submitted that the petition for transfer should be dismissed. It has been informed by the counsel for the petitioner that all steps for reconciliation taken by the parties have failed. I have heard counsel for the petitioner as well as counsel for the respondent. The convenience of the litigating parties is the main consideration while deciding a transfer application. In the present case since the respondent-husband has already completed his entire evidence and only cross-examination of respondent requires to be conducted by counsel for the petitioner who has been engaged for contesting the petition, it is deemed appropriate that the proceedings be transferred from Ropar, to Patiala, after the cross-examination of respondent is completed at Ropar. This step will facilitate the petitioner to produce her evidence with convenience without prejudicing, in any manner, the rights of the respondent-husband. This petition is allowed with a direction that the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, pending in the Court of Additional District Judge, Ropar, titled 'Vikram Singh Vs.Maninder Kaur', will be transferred after the cross-examination . . . 2 T.A.No.281 of 2008 of Vikramjit Singh, on 19.09.2009, or any other date to be fixed within a period of 15 days thereafter. The said petition will be transferred by 15.10.2009, from Ropar to Patiala. File, complete in all respects, will be sent by the office of District Judge, Ropar, to District Judge, Patiala, on 15.10.2009, and the parties thereafter, will appear before the District Judge, Patiala, on 07.11.2009, for further proceedings. W.e.f., 07.11.2009, onwards, the proceedings for production of evidence or any rebuttal evidence by the respondent will be taken up at Patiala. It will be open to the District Judge, Patiala, either to keep the case with him for adjudication or to entrust the same for adjudication to any other Court of competent jurisdiction. Allowed. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE August 13, 2009. rka . . . 3