T.A.No.388 of 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A.No.388 of 2008. Decided on: September 16, 2009. Anubha .. Petitioner VERSUS Anuj Gupta .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Ms.Peeti Khanna, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Naina Goel, Advocate, for the respondent. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner-wife has filed this application for transfer of a divorce petition filed by her husband-respondent at Karnal, inter alia, on the ground that it will be highly inconvenient for the petitioner to contest the divorce petition at Karnal. Counsel for the respondent has opposed the application for transfer contending that the application has been filed merely to harass the respondent. After hearing the counsel for the parties and taking . . . 1 T.A.No.388 of 2008 into consideration the comparative convenience of both the parties, this Court is of the opinion that since another petition for the custody of child has been filed by the respondent-husband at Chandigarh, and he is already pursuing the same by visiting Chandigarh, it will not be of much inconvenience to the respondent in case the divorce petition filed by the respondent is also transferred to Chandigarh. Transfer application is allowed. The divorce petition titled 'Anuj Gupta Vs.Anubha', pending in the Court of Sh.Balbir Singh, Additional District Judge, Karnal, is ordered to be transferred to Chandigarh. File of the case, complete in all respects, will be sent by Additional District Judge, Karnal to the District Judge, Chandigarh, by 31.10.2009. Parties are directed to appear in person or through counsel before the District Judge, Chandigarh, on 31.10.2009. However, it will be open to the District Judge, Chandigarh, either to keep the case with him for adjudication or to entrust the same to any other Additional District Judge at Chandigarh. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE September 16, 2009. rka . . . 2