T.A No.352 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A No.352 of 2009 Date of Decision: 10.12.2009 Smt. Suman alias Akki .……Petitioner Versus Vijay Kumar ……Respondent Coram:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL. Present: Mr. K. S. Rekhi, Advocate for the petitioner. None for respondent. L. N. MITTAL, J (ORAL) Smt. Suman alias Akki has filed this transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure (in short, C.P.C) for transfer of petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 instituted by respondent-Vijay Kumar against the petitioner, from the Court of Sh. H. S. Bansal (wrongly mentioned as Sh. H. S. Grewal in the head note of the transfer petition) Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar, alleging that the petitioner is residing at Amritsar. Both her parents have already expired and, therefore, it is highly inconvenient for her to defend the aforesaid petition at Jalandhar. None has appeared for the respondent in spite of service. Allegation made in the transfer petition stands uncontroverted. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that distance between Jalandhar and Amritsar is about 80 Kms. Both parents of the petitioner have already expired. It is, therefore, highly inconvenient for the petitioner to defend the aforesaid petition at Jalandhar. T.A No.352 of 2009 -2- As per judgments of Hon’ble Apex Court, convenience of the wife has to be preferred in such cases. In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 titled as 'Vijay Kumar versus Smt. Suman @ Akki' is withdrawn from the Court of Sh. H. S. Bansal, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar and is transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar. File of the petition shall be sent by the Trial Court at Jalandhar to learned District Judge, Amritsar, who shall assign the same to any Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar. ( L. N. MITTAL ) JUDGE 10.12.2009 A. Kaundal