IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN TUESDAY, THE 14TH JUNE 2011 / 24TH JYAISHTA 1933 Tr.P(C).No. 60 of 2011() ------------------------ OP (DIVORCE) NO.882/2009 of FAMILY COURT, KOTTAYAM .................... PETITIONER : --------------------- ANISH JACOB PUNNEN, AGED 42 YEARS, S/O.LATE P.J.PUNNEN, PULIKOTIL HOUSE, HOUSE NO.2, LANDS DOWN PARK, PULAYANARKOTTA, MEDICAL COLLEGE.P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 031. BY ADV. SRI.JAYAN V.EAPEN SRI.PRASAD CHANDRAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- RINKU JACOB, AGED 37 YEARS, D/O.DR.GEORGE JOHN, KALLUPALAM HOUSE, BAKER HILLS, KOTTAYAM-686 001. ADV. SRI.M.V.THAMBAN FOR R1 SRI.R.REJI FOR R1 SMT.THARA THAMBAN FOR R1 SRI.B.BIPIN FOR R1 SMT.REVATHY P.NAIR FOR R1 SMT.DEEPA SREENIVASAN FOR R1 THIS TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.T.SANKARAN, J. -------------------------------------- Tr.P.(C).No.60 of 2011 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 14th day of June, 2011 O R D E R The prayer in this Transfer Petition is to transfer O.P. (Divorce) No.882 of 2009 pending before the Family Court, Kottayam to any other Family Court. Transfer was sought on the ground that the Judge of the Family Court did not permit the petitioner to properly cross examine the opposite party. It is also alleged that the petitioner was not afforded an opportunity to engage another lawyer. It is also stated that the learned Judge recorded on 10.1.2011 that there was no cross examination of the respondent. It is not necessary to consider the request for transfer on the merits, since it is submitted that the Family Court Judge, Kottayam, was transferred and another Judge has taken charge. The allegations raised do not survive now Tr.P.(C) No.60 of 2011 2 and the necessity for any transfer has vanished even according to the petitioner. Accordingly, the Transfer Petition is closed as unnecessary. K.T.SANKARAN JUDGE csl