Transfer Application No. 155 OF 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Transfer Application No. 155 OF 2010 Date of decision: 23rd August, 2010 Anita .......Petitioner Versus Jorawar Singh ........Respondent BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondent. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No K.Kannan, J.(Oral) 1. The petition is filed by the wife for transfer of the matrimonial proceeding from the Court at Panchkula to Hisar where the petitioner is residing. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that she has three children, all of them are residing with her. They are in the age group of 5 to 8 years. He further contends that the distance between Hisar and Panchkula is about 240 kilometers and it will be extra ordinarily inconvenient for her to travel to Panchkula on every date of hearing. It is contended that the respondent, on the other hand, will not have any serious inconvenience. Having regard to the distance and the special fact that the petitioner has to look after the infants, I am of the view that application for the transfer shall be ordered. The respondent had been evading service and when service Transfer Application No. 155 OF 2010 2 was directed to be issued through counsel, he has been served. Counsel has been served but still there is no appearance on behalf of the husband-respondent. 2. The petition is allowed and I direct that the case which is pending before the Additional District & Sessions Judge, Panchkula titled as “Jorawar Singh versus Anita” shall be withdrawn and order the transfer the same before the learned District Court at Hisar. 3. Parties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge at Hisar for hearing on 27.09.2010. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 23rd August, 2010 Shivani Kaushik