IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Transfer Application No. 201 of 2009 Date of decision : December 03, 2009 Komal alias Sarabjit Kaur ....Petitioner versus Pardeep Kumar ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Vikas Bahl, Advocate, for the petitioner None for the respondent L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Komal alias Sarabjit Kaur 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 filed by Pardeep Kumar respondent, from the court of Mr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana to court of competent jurisdiction in district Nawanshahar, alleging that it is highly inconvenient for the petitioner to defend the petition at Ludhiana because the petitioner is residing at village Karyam in district Nawanshahar. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that distance between Nawanshahar and Ludhiana is 55 kms. The allegations in the transfer petition stand un-controverted. As per judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court, convenience of the wife has to be preferred in such cases. In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and petition titled “Pardeep Kumar versus Sarabjit Kaur” under section 9 of Transfer Application No. 201 of 2009 -2- the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is transferred from the court of Mr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Civil Judge (Junior Division), Ludhiana to court of competent jurisdiction at Nawanshahar. File of the case shall be sent by the trial court at Ludhiana to the learned District Judge, Jalandhar who shall assign the case to court of competent jurisdiction at Nawanshahar. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 03, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'