1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION MISC. CIVIL APPLICTION NO. 39 OF 2009 Mrs. Serena Lino Valles ... Applicant Vs. Mr. Lino Alleluia Valles ... Respondent Mr. S.S.Redekar,Advocate, for the applicant. Ms.H.Tavadia i/b. Mr. Haresh Shivdasani,Advocate, for the respondent. CORAM: J.H.BHATIA, J. DATE : 23rd April, 2010. P.C. 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. 2. The applicant is the wife of the respondent. The husband-respondent had filed Marriage petition No.A-486/2008 for divorce before the Family Court at Bandra. The wife also also filed Marriage Petition No.2/2008 for divorce before the Civil Judge, Senior Division at Vasai, District Thane,on 25.2.2008. The wife wants the Petition No.A-486/2008 to be transferred from Bandra Family Court to Vasai as according to her, it is not convenient for her to attend the Court at Bandra. Vasai is hardly at a distance of 20 – 25 kms. from Bandra and they are well- connected by the local trains of the Western Railways. Ladies from Vasai-Virar commute to Mumbai for their jobs everyday. Therefore, it cannot be said that it 2 causes any inconvenience to her if she is required to travel from Vasai to Bandra. Besides this, the Family Court at Bandra has got the facilities of the Marriage Counsellers which will be useful or making attempts for amicable settlements between the parties. That facility is not available in the Court at Vasai. Therefore, it will not be in the interest of justice to transfer the petition filed by the husband to Vasai. In view of the fact that both the parties have filed the petitions for divorce within one week at different places and as the evidence, required to be led by both the parties, will be the same, it will be in the interest of justice that both the petitions should be heard together. 3. For the aforesaid reasons, the Application for transfer of petition No.A-486/2008 from the Bandra family Court to Vasai is hereby rejected. However, Marriage Petition No.2/2008 pending before the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Vasai, is hereby withdrawn and stands transferred to the Family Court at Bandra, to be heard together with Marriage Petition No.A-486/2008. (J.H.BHATIA,J.)