T.A. No. 162 of 2008 - 1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A. No. 162 of 2008 Date of decision : 27.1.2009 Gurpreet Kaur ....Petition Versus Satnam Singh ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr. R.K.Girdhar, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondent. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of the proceedings initiated by the respondent under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 titled 'Satnam Singh v. Gurpreet Kaur' in the Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana to Dasuya. It was contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that she is residing at village Kullian Lubana, District Hoshiarpur along with her parents which is at a distance of approximately 100 Kilometers from Ludhiana. It was also contended that two other matters, i.e. a criminal complaint under Section 406/498-A IPC and a T.A. No. 162 of 2008 - 2- petition under Section 125 Cr.P.C. for grant of maintenance allowance are pending before different Courts at Dasuya. It was contended that since she is a lady and it is extremely difficult for her to travel a distance of 100 Kilometers to attend the case at Ludhiana where the respondent is already attending the proceedings in the aforesaid cases. No one has put in appearance on behalf of the respondent. No reply has been filed. Therefore, the contentions as raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners have gone uncontroverted. Having regard to the aforesaid and also the observations of the Apex Court in Sumita v. Kumar Sanjay and others AIR 2002 SC 396, the petition is allowed and the proceedings under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 are transferred from Ludhiana to a Court of similar jurisdiction at Dasuya. 27.1.2009 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss