JUDGMENT :

Anil K. Narendran, J.

The appellant is the petitioner in Tr.P.(C)No.402 of 2021, a petition filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking transfer of O.P.No.2364 of 2017 pending before the Family Court, Ernakulam, either to Family Court, Muvattupuzha or any other Family Court, as this Court may deem fit, for trial and disposal on merits. The 1st respondent is the wife and the 2nd respondent is the daughter of the appellant. They filed O.P.No.2364 of 2017 against the appellant, under Section 7(1)(c) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, seeking a decree directing the appellant to return gold ornaments weighing 70 sovereigns given at the time of marriage to the 1st respondent or its present value with interest from the date of marriage till realisation. In the said original petition they sought various reliefs, including payment of a sum of Rs.50,00,000/-towards the marriage expenses of the 2nd respondent. In Tr.P.(C)No.402 of 2021, it is alleged that, on 07.07.2021, when O.P.No.2364 of 2017 came up for consideration, the Presiding Officer of the Family Court made certain observations against the appellant, as stated in paragraph 7 of the Transfer Petition.