TA no. 193 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No. 193 of 2008 Decided on : 29-01-2009 Amandeep Kaur ....Applicant VERSUS Ajaib Singh ....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. Dilraj Brar, Advocate for the applicant None for the respondent MAHESH GROVER, J This is an application under Section 24 CPC for transfer of petition titled as 'Amandeep Kaur versus Ajaib Singh' pending in the Court of Sh. Vinod Aggarwal, PCS, Civil Judge, Sr. Divn. Jalandhar to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Faridkot. It has been averred in the application that the applicant was married to the respondent in the year 2002 but the marriage did not work out. The respondent is staying at Abu Dabi. A child was also born out of the wed-lock on 11th April, 2004. A complaint preferred under Section 406, 498-A, 506 IPC is also pending before the Courts at Faridkot. It is contended that it is extremely difficult for her to go to Jalandhar with a small child. Besides this, a petition under Section 9 has also been filed only to harass the applicant and also as a counter blast. Neither anyone appears on beahlf of the respondent nor any TA no. 193 of 2008 2 reply has been filed on his behalf to controvert the averments made in the petition, despite the fact that service is complete. Accordingly, after hearing learned counsel forj the applicant and in view of the circumstances that are being explained by the learned counsel for the applicant and also keeping in view the observations of Hon'ble Apex Court in case titled as 'Sumita Singh versus Kumar Sanjay and another' AIR 2002 SC 396, the proceedings in the case titled as ''Amandeep Kaur versus Ajaib Singh' pending in the Court of Sh. Vinod Aggarwal, PCS, Civil Judge, Sr. Divn. Jalandhar are transferred to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Faridkot. Petition allowed. January 29 , 2009 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge