TA Nos.520 and 526 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA Nos.520 of 2011 Date of decision : 07.12.2011 Sarwan Singh ...Applicant Versus Kuldeep Singh and others ...Respondents TA Nos.526 of 2011 Date of decision : 07.12.2011 Surjit Kaur and others ...Applicants Versus Kuldeep Singh and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: None. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present transfer applications No.520 and 526 of 2011, under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, have been filed seeking transfer of the civil suit titled as No.326 of 2011 ‘Kuldeep Singh and others Vs. Surjit Kaur and others’, from the Court of learned Additional Civil Judge, Senior Division, Mansa, to the Court of TA Nos.520 and 526 of 2011 2 competent jurisdiction at Bathinda or Sangrur. Therefore, the same are being disposed of by this single judgment. 2. There is no assistance on behalf of the parties. 3. A perusal of the file reveals that the only ground, on the basis of which, the transfer has been sought, is that the father of respondent No.2 is a practicing lawyer at Mansa, and he also remained President of the Mansa Bar for consecutive five times. For the said reason, no lawyer is coming forward to appear on behalf of the applicants. 4. However, the applicants could not mention the names of any of the advocates who refused to accept their brief. Nor there is any record of the action taken by them against those Advocates. In the absence of the same, and merely on the bald allegations, this Court cannot proceed to accept the prayer made in the instant transfer application. Merely because a near relation of a litigant is pratising in the Courts, is not a disqualification and the case cannot be transferred on this sole ground unless it is shown that the advocate is influencing the judicial process. 5. In view of the above, the present applications are devoid of any merit and the same are hereby dismissed. 07.12.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No