Seerat Kaur Bhatia vs Gurjyot Singh Nanda

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 3126

NIDHI GUPTA
Seerat Kaur Bhatia – Appellant
Versus
Gurjyot Singh Nanda – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. TS Grewal, Advocate; For the Petitioner
Mr. Pruvjyot Singh Sidana, Advocate; For the Respondent

Table of Content
1. petitioner seeks transfer for convenience. (Para 1 , 2)
2. respondent contests transfer; cites case law. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. court emphasizes convenience of the wife. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
4. court allows transfer based on precedents. (Para 12 , 13)
5. court encourages mediation despite previous failure. (Para 14 , 15)

JUDGMENT

Nidhi Gupta, J. (Oral)

Prayer in this petition filed by petitioner-wife is for transfer of the petition filed by respondent-husband under section 13 of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT ,1955 titled " Dr. Gurjyot Singh v. Dr. Seerat Kaur Bhatia " from the Court of Ms. Tripat Jot Kaur, Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court-II, Jalandhar to a court of competent jurisdiction at Chandigarh.

2. It is stated by the petitioner in the petition:

i) that the parties were married on 20.1.2019 according to Sikh rites and rituals;

ii) that the petitioner and respondent although lived together as husband and wife,did not consummate the marriage;

iii) that immediately after marriage the respondent and his family members started harassing the petitioner for more dowries and several gruesome acts of cruelty were committed against her by the respondent, his mother and sister;

iv) p