The wife is the petitioner and the husband is the respondent in the Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition. The respondent herein/husband filed HMOP No.110/2016 on the file of the Family Court, Chennai, which is now pending on the file of the I Additional Judge, Family court, Chennai, for a decree of divorce dissolving the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent herein. The petitioner in the transfer civil miscellaneous petition (wife) has now come forward with the present petition for the transfer of the above said OP, namely HMOP No.110/2016 to the file of the Family Court, Coimbatore, within whose jurisdiction she resides. The respondent has filed a counter containing several allegations pertaining to the merits of the main HMOP.

2. The arguments advanced by Ms. P.T.Asha, learned counsel for the petitioner and by Mr.G.K. Harihara Rajan, learned counsel for the respondent are heard. The materials produced in the form of typed set of papers are also perused.

3. Ms.P.T.Asha, learned counsel for the petitioner argued that after the introduction of Section 19(iii-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the place of residence of the wife is also made a place wherein the mat