T.A.No.235 of 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH T.A.No.235 of 2009. Decided on: September 08, 2009. Neeru Soni .. Petitioner VERSUS Rahul Soni .. Respondent * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.S.BEDI PRESENT Mr.Parminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) No one has put in appearance on behalf of the respondent-husband despite service. This is a petition under Section 24 of the CPC, for transfer of a divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, filed by the respondent against the petitioner, pending in the Court of District Judge, Faridabad to Karnal, on the ground that petitioner is living at Karnal and that the respondent-husband after staying for a long period in England has returned to India and filed an application for divorce. She being a lady is unable to contest the divorce petition at Faridabad. Distance between Faridabad and . . . 1 T.A.No.235 of 2009 Karnal is stated to be 170 kilometers. Taking into consideration the convenience of the petitioner and the factum of marriage having taken place at Karnal, the divorce petition filed by the respondent-husband, titled as 'Rahul Soni Vs.Neeru Soni' , is ordered to be transferred from the Court of Sh.A.K.Pawar, Additional District Judge, Faridabad to the District Judge, Karnal. However, it will be open to the District Judge, Karnal, either to keep the case with himself for adjudication or to entrust the same for adjudication to any other Additional District Judge, at Karnal. File of the case, complete in all respects, is ordered to be sent to the transferee Court. Parties are directed to appear before the transferee Court on 24.10.2009 for further proceedings. It is ordered that taking into consideration the provisions of Section 21-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, the petition for divorce will be decided expeditiously. Allowed. (M.M.S.BEDI) JUDGE September 08, 2009. rka . . . 2