TA No.552 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.552 of 2010 Date of decision : 08.04.2011 Smt. Jyoti Batra ...Applicant Versus Rakesh Batra ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Rajesh Sheoran, Advocate, for the applicant. Mr. Ajay Nara, Advocate, for the respondent. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. Smt. Jyoti, the applicant-wife has preferred this application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for transfer of petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act'), titled as ‘Rakesh Batra Vs. Jyoti Batra’, filed by the respondent from the Court of learned District Judge, Sonepat, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. 3. The transfer of the petition under Section 13 of the Act has been sought on the ground that the trial Court is located at a distance of more than 125 kms. The applicant is not in any employment and she is TA No.552 of 2010 2 dependent upon her parents who themselves are not having sufficient means. It is further averred that the applicant has also filed a petition under Section 125 Cr.P.C. which is pending adjudication at Bhiwani. 4. On the other hand, it is the case of the respondent that he is a resident of District Sonepat and working at Gurgaon. The petition filed by him under Section 13 of the Act is prior in time. 5. In the circumstances, as the respondent is working with a private firm and repeated visits to the Court at Bhiwani may jeopardize the career of the respondent which would go against the interest of both the parties in case some settlement is reached between them in future. 6. Keeping in view the totality of the facts, the present application is dismissed. However, the respondent shall pay travelling expenses to the applicant on her each visit to the trial Court at Sonepat in regard to the petition under Section 13 of the Act, which is quantified to ` 2,000/- per visit. 08.04.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No