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2012 DIGILAW 645 (UTT)

LAXMI DEVI v. DALJEET SINGH

2012-10-06

B.S.VERMA

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JUDGMENT [Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. (Oral)] Heard Sri K.C. Tewari, Advocate for the applicant and Sri Bhuwan Joshi, Advocate on behalf of the respondent. 2. The applicant has filed this Misc. Application for the transfer of O.S. No. 69 of 2011, Daljeet Singh Vs. Smt. Laxmi Devi, from Family Court Haridwar to any other court of competent jurisdiction. 3. According to the petitioner, the respondent/husband has instituted a matrimonial case against her U/S 9 of Hindu Marriage Act, for restitution of conjugal rights, which is pending before Judge, Family Court Haridwar. The grievance of the petitioner/wife is that she is residing at the house of her parents at Village Talli Masi Bazar, Tehsil Chaukutia, District Almora. She has no means of livelihood and she cannot afford the expenses to attend the court at Haridwar which far away from her parental house. It is further pleaded by the petitioner that she apprehends danger to her life at the hands of the respondent and the respondent has threatened to finish her life and also made several attempts in this respect. 4. The Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Sumita Singh vs. Kumar Sanjay and another, reported in AIR 2002 Supreme Court Cases 396, has held that in the matter of transfer of matrimonial proceedings initiated by husband against the wife, convenience of wife must be looked at and the suit filed by husband at place far off from Delhi was transferred to Delhi. 5. In the case at hand the husband has initiated the matrimonial proceedings against the wife at Haridwar and the wife is residing at a far off place at Almora and the petitioner/wife has pleaded that she has no means of livelihood and she cannot afford the expenses to attend the court at Haridwar. Further, allegation of the petitioner is that she has danger to her life at the hands of the husband. 6. In the above facts and circumstances of the case it is a fit case to be transferred from the court of Judge, Family Court Haridwar to District Judge Almora. 7. The Misc. Transfer Application is allowed and O.S. No. 69/2011, Daljeet Singh Vs. Smt. Laxmi Devi pending before Judge, Family Court Haridwar stands transferred to the Court of District Judge, Almora who shall hear the case himself.