ORDER :

This Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition is filed by the petitioner/wife under Section 24 of Civil Procedure Code (in short “CPC”) seeking transfer of H.M.O.P. No.97 of 2021 on the file of II Additional Senior Civil Judge Court, Ongole, Prakasam District to Family Court, Visakhapatnam.

2. The case of the petitioner is that her marriage with respondent solemnised on 06.10.2017 in a function hall at Ongole town as per Hindu rites and customs prevailing in their community which was an arranged marriage. The petitioner alleged that at the time of marriage, her parents have fulfilled all demands of the respondent and his family members by paying money and gold as dowry. After that, she joined the respondent at Nippatlapadu village to lead marital life and the marriage was duly consummated. The contention of the petitioner is that they both lived at Bangalore where the respondent was working. She also alleged that the respondent harassed her on demand of additional dowry at the instigation of his family members and he necked her out from the matrimonial home and then she reached her parents’ place which is Basavannapalem Village of Prakasam District. The mediation conducted by el