IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Transfer Application No. 382 of 2009 Date of decision : November 30, 2009 Rimple Gandhi ....Petitioner versus Vikas Gandhi and another ....Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.N. Mittal Present : Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner Mr. Karamjit Verma, Advocate for the respondents L.N. Mittal, J. (Oral) Crl. Misc. No. 27943.CI I of 2009 The application is allowed and reply on behalf of respondents is taken on record subject to all just exceptions. Transfer Application No. 382 of 2009 Rimple Gandhi has filed this transfer petition under section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of petition under section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 filed by respondent Vikas Gandhi from Chandigarh to Ludhiana. It is alleged in the transfer petition that the petitioner is residing at Ludhiana and therefore, it is highly inconvenient for her to come to Chandigarh to attend the court in the aforesaid petition. Distance between Chandigarh and Ludhiana is stated to be 100 kms. Transfer Application No. 382 of 2009 -2- Learned counsel for the respondent expressed apprehension that the petitioner could be beaten at Ludhiana if the case is transferred there. However, same thing can happen to the petitioner if she come to Chandigarh. In view of the aforesaid, the instant transfer petition is allowed and petition titled “Vikas Gandhi versus Rimple Gandhi” filed under section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is transferred from the court of Mr. Raj Shekhar Attri, Additional District Judge, Chandigarh to the court of learned District Judge, Ludhiana who shall be at liberty to keep the said petition with him or to assign the same to some Additional District Judge, Ludhiana. Parties are directed to appear before the learned District Judge, Ludhiana on 12.1.2010. ( L.N. Mittal ) November 30, 2009 Judge 'dalbir'