JUDGMENT :

1. By this common order, two transfer applications, one filed by the petitioners Amarjeet Singh Sudan and Jasbir Kour and the other filed by the petitioner Jaslok Singh, are proposed to be disposed of.

2. It appears that respondent No.1 Diksha Singh has filed a petition under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘DV Act.) against the petitioners before the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (Additional Munsiff), Srinagar. The respondent Diksha Singh happens to be the wife of the petitioner Jaslok Singh, whereas, the petitioners Amarjeet Singh and Jasbir Kour happen to be the parents of petitioner Jaslok Singh and parents-in-law of respondent Diksha Singh.

3. The petitioners, after narrating their side of the story as regards the merits of the petition filed by respondent Diksha Singh before the learned trial Magistrate, have sought transfer of the proceedings from the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (Munsiff), Srinagar to any other Court of competent jurisdiction at Jammu. According to the petitioners Amarjeet Singh and Jasbir Kour, they are residing at Jammu and they are no