IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Transfer Application No. 06 of 2008 Smt. Sonia, W/o Jitendra Kumar Dhiman, D/o Sri Khem Chand Dhiman, R/o 81/1 Gali No.5, Vishwakarma Colony, Bhandari Bagh, Dehradun, District Dehradun. ….Petitioner Vs 1. Additional Family Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar. 2. Jitendra Kumar Dhiman, S/o Sri Mahendra Kumar Dhiman, R/o Sunhara Road, Shyam Nagar, Roorkee, District Haridwar. …..Respondent Sri Deepak Sharma, Advocate holding brief of Sri RamJi Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.C. Tiwari, learned brief holder for the respondent No.1. Despite of service- None appeared for the respondent No.2. Hon’ble B.S. Verma , J. Heard. The present Civil Transfer application has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to transfer the Divorce Petition No.16 of 2007, Jitendra Kumar Dhiman Vs. Smt. Sonia, filed under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 pending in the Court of Additional Family Judge, Roorkee, District-Haridwar to Court of Family Judge, Dehradun. The respondent had filed the Divorce Petition No. 16 of 2007, Jitendra Kumar Dhiman Vs. Smt. Sonia, filed under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956, before the Additional Family Judge, Roorkee, District-Haridwar, which is still pending. According to the petitioner, she is living at Bhandari Bagh, Dehradun, District Dehradun. Being a lady, it is very inconvenient for her to go to Roorkee to contest the case. 2 The grounds shown in the application are sufficient to transfer the case from the Court of Additional Family Judge, Roorkee, District Haridwar to Family Judge, Dehradun. The Civil Transfer application is allowed. The Case No. 16 of 2007, Jitendra Kumar Dhiman Vs. Smt. Sonia, pending in the court of Additional Family Judge, Roorkee, District-Haridwar is transferred to the Court of Family Court, Dehradun. The Additional Family Judge Court, Roorkee, District Haridwar is directed to remit the record of the Case No. 16 of 2007, Jitendra Kumar Dhiman Vs. Smt. Sonia to Judge Family Court, Dehradun and the Judge Family Court, Dehradun is directed to conclude the proceedings of Divorce Petition No. 16 of 2007, Jitendra Kumar Dhiman Vs. Smt. Sonia, expeditiously as far as possible after hearing both the parties. All applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma,J) Dated: - 04-04-2008 M.K. 3