TA No. 337 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.337 of 2011 Date of decision :17.08 .2011 Sumandeep Kaur @ Sambhu Kaur ...Petitioner Versus Palwinder Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: None. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application has been preferred by the applicant-wife under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the petition titled as ‘Palwinder Singh Vs. Sumandeep Kaur’, filed by the respondent under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act'), from the Court of learned Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Barnala, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Talwandi Sabo, District. Bathinda. 2. There is no assistance on behalf of either of the parties. From the perusal of the file, it is made out that the applicant is a resident of Talwandi Sabo, District Barnala. It is averred that the petition under Section 9 of the Act is a counterblast to the complaint filed by the applicant before the Women Cell, Bathinda. 1 TA No. 337 of 2011 3. Considering the fact that the applicant is a resident of District Bathinda, and primarily, the convenience of the wife is to be seen, therefore, in my opinion, the balance of convenience is in favour of the applicant-wife and against the respondent. 4. In the circumstances, this Court feels that it would certainly be difficult for the wife, living at the mercy of her parents and saddled with the responsibility of raising his minor son and having no source of income, to attend the court proceedings at Barnala, which is at a distance of about 100 kms. from the place of her residence. 5. In view of the above, the instant transfer application is allowed and the petition under Section 9 of the Act titled as ‘Palwinder Singh Vs. Sumandeep Kaur alias Shambu Kaur’ is withdrawn from the Court of learned Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Barnala and is transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bathinda. The entire record pertaining to the petition under Section 9 of the Act shall be sent by the trial Court at Barnala to the learned District Judge, Bathinda, within three weeks, who will either himself dispose it of or entrust it to any other Court of competent jurisdiction at District Bathinda. 5. The parties shall appear before the learned District Judge, Bathinda, on 17.09.2011. 17.08.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No 2