T.A. No. 398 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A. No. 398 of 2008 Date of decision : 2.2.2009 Indu ....Petitioner Versus Sanjay ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondent. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. This is a petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of case titled 'Sanjay v. Indu' pending in the Court of Addl. District Judge, Yamunanagar at Jagadhri to Jind. Notice of the petition was issued to the respondent who has failed to appear despite service. In these circumstances, the averments made by the petitioner have gone uncontroverted. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is a resident of Safidon Mandi, District Jind, which is at a distance of approximately 150 Kilometers from Jagadhri and she is not financially sound. T.A. No. 398 of 2008 -2- Having regard to the aforesaid and also the observations of the Apex Court in Sumita v. Kumar Sanjay and others AIR 2002 SC 396, the petition is allowed and the proceedings under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 are transferred from Jagadhri to a Court of similar jurisdiction at Jind. 2.2.2009 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss