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2012 Supreme(Raj) 1204

RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AT JAIPUR BENCH
Kailash Chandar Joshi, J.
Kanta Mali (Smt.) - Appellant
Versus
Suneel Mali - Respondent
S.B. Civil Transfer Application No. 81 of 2011.
Decided On : 17-01-2012

For the Appellant/Petitioner/Plaintiff:Suresh Kumbhat, Advocate.
For the Respondents/Defendant:Vishwajeet Joshi for Ranjeet Joshi, Advocates.

Headnote:Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – S. 24 – Application moved by the wife for transferring the Divorce petition filed by husband at place `S` Court to her place of residence ‘C’ dismissed by the lower court – Petitioner threatened by Father – in – law with her arrest along with her father – long journey performed by Petitioner with her minor son for attending the court causes lot of inconvenience – It was not expected Impugned order quashed – Civil case transferred from place `S` to place `C` – Application allowed

JUDGMENT

1. - This transfer application filed by Smt. Kanta Mali is against the order dated 01.12.2001 passed by District Judge, Churu in Civil Misc. Case No. 30/2009 whereby the learned District Judge, Churu declined to transfer the case bearing No. 23/2009 from the Court of Additional District Judge, Sujangarh to the Court of District Judge, Churu.

2. The applicant is facing a trial of a divorce petition filed by her husband before the Court of Additional District Judge, Sujangarh. The allegation of the divorce petition is that the marriage between the parties took place on 25.01.2005 and out of their wedlock, a male child Manish was born. It has also been averred that the wife has deserted the petitioner without any reasonable cause. The said divorce petition was listed on 25.07.2009 before the trial Court and it was adjourned to 21.08.2009. On 25.07.2009 the father-in-law of the present applicant threatened her in the Court premises regarding her arrest along with her father, therefore, she filed transfer petition before the Court of District Judge, Churu to get the matter transferred to Churu but the learned District Judge, Churu dismissed the transfer application vide impugned order dated 01.12.2011.

3. The learned counsel for the applicant contended that the learned District Judge, Churu while deciding Civil Misc. Case No. 30/2009 failed to consider this aspect that the applicant is having a male child, namely, Manish, who is about 5 to 6 years old and this fact has not been denied by the non-applicant. Further, the learned counsel for the applicant contended that it has been specifically pleaded in the transfer application that applicant is not the earning member and further pleaded some facts regarding the incident which took place on 25.07.2009. The learned District Judge while deciding the application recorded its finding that the applicant had not filed any complaint before the police or before the concerned Presiding Officer of the Court regarding any threat or misbehave of her father-in-law and further it has been held that there are several cases pending between the parties and it cannot be said that the applicant is not conscious about her right and merely on the basis of surmises and conjunctures, a case cannot be transferred from one Court to another; but the learned District Judge did not take note of this fact that while attending the Court, the applicant has to bring her minor son from Churu to Sujangarh and further, she is not the earning member and therefore, the order of the learned District Judge requires to be set aside. Learned counsel for the applicant has relied upon the judgments of this Court passed in S.B. Civil Transfer Petition No. 69/1994; Smt. Shakuntla v. Chhaganlal, reported in 1996 DNJ (Raj.) 657 ; S.B. Civil Transfer Application No. 25/1998; Gayatri (Smt.) v. Nand Kumar, reported in 2001 DNJ (Raj.) 64 ; S.B. Civil Misc. Transfer Petition No. 1/2009; Sudesh Agarwal (Smt.) v. Sanjay Gupta, reported in 2009 (3) DNJ (Raj.) 1683 .

4. Per contra, the learned counsel appearing for the non-applicant vehemently defended the impugned order of the learned District Judge, Churu dated 01.12.2011; by which, the application of the applicant was dismissed.

5. I have considered the rival contentions raised by counsel for both the parties and also perused the order passed by the learned District Judge as also the judgments cited by counsel for the applicant.

6. The learned District Judge while deciding the application took note of a judgment cited by applicant's counsel reported in 2009 (3) DNJ (Raj.) 1426 (Parul Vyas v. Vikas Vyas) wherein this Court held that generally in such cases, the convenience of a lady to be considered and further the security of the lady is an important consideration at the time of deciding such application but the learned District Judge while coming to the conclusion that the allegations regarding the incident dated 25.07.2009 are misconceived and baseless, rejected the transfer ap




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