T. A. No. 380 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : T. A. No. 380 of 2009 Date of Decision : December 04, 2009 Ritu Yadav .... Petitioner Vs. Neeraj Yadav .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Pradeep Chahar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gaurav Sethi, Advocate for the respondent. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Ritu Yadav has filed this transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of petition filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 by respondent Neeraj Yadav against the petitioner, from the Court of learned District Judge, Gurgaon to the court of competent jurisdiction at Jhajjar. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that petitioner is resident of Village Patauda, District Jhajjar and her village is 75 kilometers from Gurgaon and therefore, it is highly inconvenient for her to defend the aforesaid petition at Gurgaon. It is also submitted by learned counsel for T. A. No. 380 of 2009 2 the petitioner that respondent's village is almost equidistant from Jhajjar and Gurgaon and therefore, it would be equally convenient for the respondent whether the case is tried at Gurgaon or at Jhajjar. As per judgments of Hon'ble Supreme Court, convenience of the wife has to be preferred in such cases. In the instant case, if the case is transferred to Jhajjar, the respondent would not face any inconvenience as it would be equally convenient for him to go to Jhajjar or Gurgaon. In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and petition titled Neeraj Yadav vs. Ritu Yadav filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is withdrawn from the court of learned District Judge, Gurgaon and is transferred to the court of learned District Judge, Jhajjar, who shall be at liberty to keep the case with himself or to assign the same to any Additional District Judge at Jhajjar. Parties are directed to appear before learned District Judge, Jhajjar on 08.01.2010. December 04, 2009 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE