1. This Application is filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short hereinafter referred as, “C.P.C.”) for transfer of Matrimonial Petition No. 84/2018/C, filed by the Respondent in the Court of Civil Judge, Senior Division, Mapusa, North Goa to the Family Court, Bandra, Mumbai.

2. Applicant No.1 is the legally wedded wife of the Respondent, their marriage being registered as per the Civil Registration Services of Goa at Civil Registration Office, Bardez, Goa on 14/07/2006. After that they got married in the 'Church' at Goa on 24/12/2006. It was a love marriage. Out of the said wedlock, Applicant No.2 daughter is born, who is at present of the age of 10 years. Applicant No.1 and Respondent since the marriage and Applicant No.2 since her birth were residing at Goa and Applicant No.2 was studying in the school there.

3. It is the case of Applicant No.1 that she has to flee the house of the Respondent at Goa, as she faced the serious threats to her safety and the safety of her daughter. She had made three complaints to that effect against the Respondent to the local police station but of no avail, as Respondent being a sitting MLA is an influential person t