IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION NO.15 OF 2010 Jotsna Anil Owal ...Applicant. v. Mr. Anil Sampat Owal ...Respondent. Ms. Ranjana Todankar a/w Ms.Anita Murgude, advs. For the Applicant. Mr. Dushyant Purekar, adv. For the Respondent. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATED : MARCH 23, 2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned counsel for the Parties. 2 Applicant/wife claims that she had filed petition no.C-83/2007 before the Family Court at Bandra for maintenance under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 and that petition is pending. On the other hand, respondent/husband has filed Divorce Petition No.46/09 for divorce before the Civil Judge Senior Division, Vasai. She seeks transfer of that Divorce Petition from the Court of Civil Judge Senior Division, Vasai to the Family Court, Bandra. Applicant claims to be resident of Dadar and according to her, there may be threat to her life after she goes to Vasai to attend the Court. Even though there may not be any substance in the allegation about threat, fact remains that atmost same evidence would be required to be given in both the - 2 - petitions and, therefore, it is desirable that both the matters should be heard by the same court simultaneously. Therefore, in the interest of justice Divorce Petition No.46 of 2009 is hereby withdrawn from the file of Civil Judge Senior Division, Vasai and is transferred to the file of Family Court at Bandra to be heard alongwith Petition No.C-83 of 07. Application stands disposed off accordingly. (J.H. BHATIA,J.)