TA No.449 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA No.449 of 2010 Date of decision : 26.04.2011 Veer Kaur ...Applicant Versus Chhind Pal Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate, for the applicant. Mr. Hemant Saini, 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 ‘Chhind Pal Singh Vs. Veer Kaur’, filed by the respondent under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act'), from the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Amritsar, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Gurdaspur. 2. At the very outset, the learned counsel for the respondent, on instructions from the respondent, states that he has no objection if the present application is allowed. However, he prays that the personal appearance of the respondent before the trial Court be exempted on account of his poor health. TA No.449 of 2010 -2- 3. In view of the above, the instant transfer application is allowed and the petition under Section 13 of the Act titled as ‘Chhind Pal Singh Vs. Veer Kaur’ is withdrawn from the Court of learned Additional District Judge, Amritsar, and is transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Gurdaspur. The entire record pertaining to the petition under Section 13 of the Act shall be sent by the trial Court at Amritsar to the learned District Judge, Gurdaspur, within three weeks, who will either himself dispose it of or entrust it to any other Court of competent jurisdiction. However, the respondent shall be at liberty to make the prayer for exemption from personal appearance before the trial Court. 4. The parties shall appear before the Court of learned District Judge, Gurdaspur, on 26.05.2011. 26.04.2011 (JITENDRA CHAUHAN) atulsethi JUDGE