TA No.178 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.178 of 2011 Date of decision : 24.05.2011 Sailender Singh and another ...Applicant Versus Daljit Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Munish Bhardwaj, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. H.S. Dhandi, Advocate, for the respondent. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application has been preferred under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the civil suit titled as ‘Daljit Singh Vs. Sailender Singh’, from the Court of learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), SBS Nagar, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Jalandhar. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. The transfer of the civil suit has been sought only on the ground that the respondent is a practicing Senior Advocate at the District Courts, SBS Nagar, and an influential person having political background. It has been alleged that due to these reasons, no advocate TA No.178 of 2011 2 could be engaged by the applicants to plead their case. However, there is nothing on record to substantiate these allegations. 4. In the case of DAV College Hoshiarpur Society Vs. D.M. Sharma, 2005(1) RCR (Civil) 71, it has been held that merely because a litigant is practicing advocate would not constitute a valid ground for transfer of the case. No reason has been shown that it may affect the final outcome of the proceedings or cause prejudice to the applicant. No name of the counsel has been mentioned in the application to whom the applicant contacted to present his case. The applicant has already filed the written statement through an Advocate of Jalandhar. 5. In this view of the matter, the instant application fails and is accordingly dismissed. 24.05.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No