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IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR TRANSFER) NO. 2700 of 2025

FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN M. DESAI ================================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No ✓

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DEEPA D/O. VIRENDRA CHATURVEDI W/O. MADHAV RAVAL Versus MADHAV BHARATBHAI RAVAL

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Appearance:

O I PATHAN(7684) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR. AARSH BHADRESHBHAI CHOKSHI(15622) for the Opponent(s) No. 1 MR. DEVANG B RANA(16045) for the Opponent(s) No. 1

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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN M. DESAI Date : 27/03/2026

JUDGMENT

1. By way of the present application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the “Code”), the applicant-wife seeks transfer of proceedings of Family Suit No.3395 of 2024 filed by the respondent–husband pending before learned Family Court, Ahmedabad to learned

Family Court, Kachchh at Gandhidham.

2. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned advocate Mr. Aarsh Bhadreshbhai Chokshi waives service of notice of Rule for the

respondent.

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3. Heard learned advocate Mr. O.I. Pathan for the applicant and learned advocate Mr. Aarsh Bhadreshbhai Chokshi for the

respondent.

4. With the consent and request of learned advocates for the

parties, the matter is taken up for final disposal today itself.

5. Brief facts of the case are as under:-

5.1. The applicant wife got married to respondent husband on 20.11.2021 as per Hindu rights and rituals. After some time of marriage, the respondent-husband and family members started harassing the applicant-wife over petty things. The applicant- wife filed a Criminal Misc. Application No.472 of 2024 before the learned Family Court, Kachchh at Gandhidham under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The said application is pending for its adjudication. The respondent– husband preferred Family Suit No.3395 of 2024 before the learned Family Court, Ahmedabad seeking divorce under

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Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). Therefore, the applicant-wife has filed present application seeking transfer of suit filed by the

respondent-husband.

6. Learned advocate for the applicant has submitted that the marriage took place between the applicant-wife and respondent- husband on 20.01.2021 at Gandhidham, Kachchh . Thereafter, due to some marital discord, parties were separated. It is further submitted that applicant is staying with her parents at Gandhidham, Kachchh. It is further submitted that the applicant- wife is not doing any activities and she has no source of income. The applicant-wife is totally dependent upon old-aged parents. It is further submitted that the applicant-wife has initiated proceedings for maintenance under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. before the learned Family Court at Gandhidam in the year 2023 and the same is pending for its final adjudication and complaint under Section 498-A of the I.P.C. is filed by the applicant-wife

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alleging demand of dowry at Gandhidham. Respondent-husband has filed Family Suit under Section 13(1) of the Act for dissolution of marriage against the applicant-wife before the learned Fami