TA No. 311 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No. 311 of 2009 Date of Decision: 23.10.2009 Balwinder Kaur ......Petitioner Versus Manoj Kumar .......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri Ashok Bhardwaj, Advocate, for the petitioner. Shri S.S. Behl, Advocate, for the respondent. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral). The petitioner has sought transfer of the petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [ for short `the Act'], filed by the respondent and pending in the Court of Ms. Sushma Devi Barda, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Sangrur. It is the case of the petitioner that the marriage between the parties was solemnised on 13.12.2006 at Sunam, District Sangrur. Earlier there was a settlement and in pursuance of such settlement, a petition under Section 13-B of the Act, was filed at Sangrur, but the TA No. 311 of 2009 [2] same was dismissed on the ground that there were no sufficient reasons for dissolution of the marriage within one year of its solemnisation. It is also pointed out by the petitioner that an FIR for the offences under Section 406, 423, 498-A IPC, is pending adjudication at Sangrur. Keeping in view the fact that earlier the respondent has invoked the jurisdiction of the matrimonial Court, Sangrur, it would be expedient if the present petition is also entertained and decided by the competent Court at Sangrur. Consequently, the petition under Section 9 of the Act, pending in the Court of Ms. Sushma Devi Barda, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana, is ordered to be transferred to the Court of learned District Judge, Sangrur. It shall be open to the learned District Judge, to entrust the petition to any other Court of competent jurisdiction. Parties, through their counsel, are directed to appear before the transferee Court on 26.11.2009, for further proceedings, in accordance with law. [ HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 23-10-2009 ds