IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Transfer Application No. 51 of 2009 Date of decision : December 01, 2009 Ranjana ....Petitioner versus Gagandeep ....Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. AK Kalsy, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Balram Singh, Advocate for the respondent L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Ranjana has filed this transfer petition under section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transferring petition No. 44 of 17.9.2008 filed under section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act by respondent Gagandeep against the petitioner pending in the Court of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar from Jalandhar to Ludhiana. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case file. The petitioner is residing at Ludhiana whereas the petition is pending at Jalandhar. There is distance of about 65 kms between the two places. As per judgment of Hon'ble Apex Court, convenience of the wife has to be preferred. In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and petition No. 44 of 17.9.2008, titled “Gagandeep versus Ranjana” Transfer Application No. 51 of 2009 -2- pending in the court of Smt. Gurmeet Kaur, Civil Judge (Senior Division), Jalandhar is transferred to court of competent jurisdiction at Ludhiana. The trial court at Jalandhar shall send the file to learned District Judge, Ludhiana who shall assign the same to court of competent jurisdiction at Ludhiana. Parties are directed to appear before learned District Judge, Ludhiana on 14.1.2010. ( L.N. Mittal ) December 01, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'