JUDGMENT

Hansaria, J.-The petitioner has prayed for transfer of divorce proceedings pending before the Family Court, Bombay to Palanpur in the State of Gujarat.

2. Being seized with a matrimonial matter, we thought that we should make efforts to see if that parties can reconcile. For this purpose we desired appearance of both the parties-in-person. Both of them came on 29th October and we heard their views. It appears to us that reconciliation is not presently possible for one reason or the other.

3. Insofar as the prayer for transfer is concerned, we have not felt inclined to grant the same for the following reasons:-

(a) The husband-respondent is a medical practitioner and so his absence from Bombay would cause difficulty to his patients also.

(b) His old and ailing mother lives with him at Bombay who needs frequent medical check-up and constant care.

(c) The witnesses in the case are principally from Bombay as would appear from the list of witnesses which was produced to us for our perusal.

(d) Petitioner-wife, has some near relations in Bombay. The petitioner, when asked about this fact, did not really deny the