TA No.274 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.274 of 2011 Date of decision : 06.07.2011 Amrit Kaur ...Applicant Versus Jatinder Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: None for the applicant. Mr. Rajbir Wasu, Advocate, for the respondent. JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (Oral) 1. 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 ‘Jatinder Singh Vs. Amrit Kaur’, filed by the respondent under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act'), from the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Kapurthala, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record. 3. The only ground for seeking transfer of the petition is that the petitioner has joined a beauty course at Amritsar and the distance between the two stations is more than 70 kms. The learned counsel for TA No.274 of 2011 2 the respondent has filed a detailed reply and has pointed out that she is residing at Village Rayya, which is at a distance of 22 kms. from Kapurthala, whereas, it is 38 kms. from Amritsar. It has further been averred that the present application has been filed only with a view to harass the respondent. 4. Except the averment that the applicant had joined some beauty course, no detail of the admission thereto has been mentioned in the petition. In view of the fact that Kapurthala is much closer to her place of residence, the present application appears to be misconceived. Even if the averment made by the applicant is accepted, the distance alone cannot be the ground for transfer of the trial. 5. In view of the above discussion, I find no merit in the present application and the same is hereby dismissed. 06.07.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE Note : Whether to be referred to Reporter ? Yes / No