TA No.409 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.409 of 2011 Date of decision: 21.9.2011 Pranhjot Kaur ...Applicant Versus Inderjit Singh ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr.Hemant Saini, Advocate for the applicant. Mr.S.S.Salar, Advocate, for the respondent. -.- JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. The wife-applicant through the present application is seeking transfer of matrimonial proceedings initiated by the husband-respondent, pending in the court of District Judge, Bathinda to the court of competent jurisdiction at Jalandhar, where she has now been residing. Reply filed on behalf of respondent is taken on record. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. From the perusal of case file, it emerges that the applicant, after having been ousted from the matrimonial home is residing with her parents at Jalandhar. The respondent filed the petition under Section 12 (1)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act') and after filing of the petition, the wife herself has filed a petition for maintenance at Ludhiana and another complaint under Section 406/498-A IPC. The grouse of the applicant is that it would be difficult for her TA No.409 of 2011 2 to attend the courts proceedings at Bathinda, which is at a distance more than 150 kms, this Court feel that the Courts cannot be at the door step of a litigant. The main principle for exercise of the powers under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure is the convenience and inconvenience of the parties. The paramount consideration for exercise of the power must be to meet the ends of justice. The convenience of both the parties and not of the petitioner only is to be seen. Moreover, in Anindita Das Vs. Srijit Das, 2006 (9) SCC 197, Hon'ble the Supreme Court has observed that leniency to the ladies shown by the Court in such transfer matters is often misused and taken advantage of by the women. In view of above, the present application is dismissed. However, the respondent-husband shall pay a sum of ` 1,500/- to the applicant-wife on her each visit to the Court in regard to the proceedings pending in the petition under Section 12(1) (1) of the act filed by him at Bathinda. 21.09.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) mks JUDGE