T.A.No.225 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A.No.225 of 2009. Decided on August 27, 2009. Darshna @ Jyoti .. Petitioner VERSUS Satish Kumar Sodhi .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.Vivek Khatri, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Tarun Gupta, Advocate, for the respondent. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner-wife has sought the transfer of a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, filed by her husband- respondent at Rohtak to the Court of Additional District Judge, at Hisar, inter alia, on the ground that a case under Domestic Violence Act, and another criminal case registered against respondent and his family members are pending at Hisar. The respondent has been appearing in those cases at Hisar, as such, it will be not of much inconvenience to the respondent in case the divorce petition filed by . . . 1 T.A.No.225 of 2009 him is also transferred to Hisar. Counsel for the respondent has opposed the application for transfer and has stated that he is at present posted at Delhi, and he has to come to Rohtak. He has also stated that as the petitioner and her family members are well connected in Hisar, there is threat to the respondent. Taking into consideration, the convenience of the parties as it will not be of much inconvenience to the respondent to travel from Delhi to Sirsa, as he is already stated to be travelling from Delhi to Rohtak, to pursue his divorce petition, it is ordered that the petition filed by the respondent at Rohtak, will be transferred to Sirsa. Parties are directed to appear before the District Judge, Sirsa, on 22.09.2009. However, it will be open to the District Judge, Sirsa, either to keep the case himself for adjudication or to entrust the same to any other additional District Judge, at Sirsa, for adjudication. File of the case, complete in all respects, be sent from Rohtak to Sirsa, by 22.09.2009. Allowed. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE August 27, 2009. rka . . . 2