IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Transfer Application No. 02 of 2010 Smt. Monika Gupta W/o Puneet Gupta, D/o Sri Anil Gupta, R/o 2-A, Rameshwar Mohalla, Dehradun, District Dehradun. ….Petitioner Vs Puneet Gupta, S/o Sri Arun Kumar Gupta, R/o Ashutosh Nagar Tehsil, Rishikesh, District Dehradun. …..Respondent Mr. Karan Anand, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Neeraj Garg, Advocate for the respondent. Hon’ble B.S. Verma , J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. Rejoinder affidavit filed on behalf of the petitioner is taken on record. The present Civil Transfer application has been filed by the petitioner with a prayer to transfer an entire case No. 40 of 2009, Puneet Gupta Vs. Monika Gupta, filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act as well as the Case No. 2 of 2009, Monika Gupta Vs. Puneet Gupta, filed under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act from the Court of Additional Principal Family Judge, Rishikesh, District Dehradun to the Court of Principal Family Judge, Dehradun, District Dehradun. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that an application under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal procedure proceedings in Case No. 205 of 2009, Monika Gupta VS. Puneet Gupta is pending before the Principal Family Judge, Dehradun, the averment to this fact has been made in para No.5 of a affidavit which has been filed in support of a transfer application. The respondent had filed a case No.40 of 2009 under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act before the Additional Principal Family Judge, Rishikesh, which is still pending for disposal. According to the petitioner, she is living at Dehradun, District Dehradun. Being a lady, it is very inconvenient for her to go to Rishikesh, District Dehradun to contest the case. The grounds shown in the application are sufficient to transfer the case from the Court of Additional Principal Family Judge, Rishikesh, District-Dehradun to the Court of Principal Family Judge, Dehradun, District Dehradun. The Civil Transfer application is allowed. The Case No. 40 of 2009, Puneet Gupta Vs. Monika Gupta, filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act as well as the Case No. 2 of 2009, filed under Section 24 of the Hindu, pending in the court of Additional, Principal Family Judge, Rishikesh, District Dehradun is 3 transferred to the Court of Principal Family Judge, Dehradun, District Dehradun. The Additional Principal Family Judge Court, Rishikesh is directed to remit the record of the Case No. 40 of 2009, Puneet Gupta Vs. Monika Gupta as well as the Case No. 2 of 2009, Monika Gupta Vs. Puneet Gupta to the Court of Principal Family Judge, Dehradun and the Principal Family Judge, Dehradun is directed to conclude the proceedings of Case No. 40 of 2009 filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act as well as the Case No.2 of 2009, filed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, expeditiously as far as possible after hearing both the parties. All applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma,J) 08-07-2010 MK