THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Tr.C.M.P. No.510 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner is the wife of the respondent, and their marriage took place in May, 2007. Hardly within two months, the respondent filed O.P.No.997 of 2008 in the Family Court, Visakhapatnam, against the petitioner, for divorce ,under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (for short ‘the Act’). The petitioner seeks transfer of the same to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Peddapuram, East-Godavari District. She contends that on being deserted by the respondent, she is residing along with her parents in the Village - Rayabhoopalapatnam. She contends that it is difficult and unsafe for her to defend herself in the O.P., in the Family Court, at Visakhapatnam. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Though the respondent is served with the notice, he has not chosen to enter appearance. The petitioner and respondent did not live together for any considerable time. The O.P was filed within few months from the date of their marriage. For all practical purposes, the petitioner is stranger to Visakhapatnam. The difficulty to be faced by a woman, to appear before a Court, at a place, where she has no acquaintance; is not difficult to imagine. Further, Section 19(3)(d) of the Act mandates that the convenience of a woman spouse shall be taken into account, in the matter of determining the forum, to decide the proceedings under the Act. Hence the Tr.C.M.P. is allowed, and O.P.No.997 of 2008 is transferred from the Family Court, Visakhapatnam to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Peddapuram, East-Godavari District. The learned Family Judge, Visakhapatnam shall put the respondent on notice, before the record is dispatched. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.03-09-2010. KO