TA No.411 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.411 of 2011 Date of decision : 29.08.2011 Mrs. Rashmi ...Applicant Versus Nitin Kalia ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. L.S. Sandhu, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. O.P. Sharda, Advocate, for the respondent. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) The present application has been preferred by the applicant- wife, under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the petition titled as ‘Nitin Kalia Vs. Mrs. Rashmi’, filed by the respondent under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act'), from the Court of learned District Judge, Chandigarh, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Patiala. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. The only contention raised by the learned counsel for the applicant is that she apprehends threat to her life and liberty at the TA No.411 of 2011 2 hands of the respondent in case she goes to Chandigarh to appear before the Court. From the reply filed by the respondent, it emerges that the divorce petition was filed by the respondent on 6.8.2007, wherein the applicant as well as the respondent stood examined in the year 2009. Thereafter, the applicant never visited Chandigarh, therefore, the question of extending any threat to the applicant does not arise. Reference has also been made to the zimini orders dated 25.2.2011 and 26.4.2011 to show that the applicant wants to delay the proceeding in order to harass the respondent. Admittedly, the convenience of the wife is to be seen in the proceedings filed by the husband in matrimonial cases. However, in the instant case, which is at the verge of conclusion, there does not appear any justification for transferring the petition at this belated stage. The applicant has been appearing before the trial Court but has never expressed any such apprehension. In this view of the matter, there is no merit in the present application and the same is accordingly dismissed. 29.08.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No