In matrimonial transfer petitions filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the convenience of the wife is a paramount consideration for the court to ensure the ends of justice.

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The Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition has been filed seeking orders to withdraw the case in H.M.O.P.No.78 of 2025, on the file of the Family Court, Thanjavur and transfer the same to the Subordinate Court, Hosur. 2. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the respondent and perused the materials available on record.

3. It is not in dispute that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 15.05.2022 as per the Hindu Rites and Customs and subsequently there arose some misunderstanding between them and they are living separately. It is also not in dispute that the respondent filed a petition in H.M.O.P.No.78 of 2025 seeking divorce and the same is pending on the file of the Family Court, Thanjavur, that the petitioner filed a petition in M.C.No.787 of 2025 seeking restitution of conjugal rights and the same is pending on the file of the Family Court, Bangalore and that the petitioner has also initiated the proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act and the same is pending in C.C.No.5630 of 2025, on the file of the Magistrate Court, Bangalore.

4. The learned Counsel for the petitioner would submit that though the petitioner was originally residing at Bangalore, she now has shifted to Hosur, Krishnagiri District and is presently residing with her parents, that the has respondent wantonly filed the divorce petition before the Family Court at Thanjavur and that the petitioner, residing at Hosur, finds it difficult to travel to Thanjavur to attend the Court hearings.

5. The learned Counsel for the respondent wold submit that the petitioner herself filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights before the Family Court, Bangalore and also her complaint under the Domestic Violence Act is also pending before a criminal Court at Bangalore, that the petitioner has deliberately filed the present petition seeking transfer of the divorce petition to Hosur and that the petitioner has not produced any iota of evidence to show that she is presently residing at Hosur. The learned Counsel would further submit that on the basis of a complaint lodged by the respondent's father, an F.I.R., came to be registered in Cr.No.571 of 2024, on the file of the Tamil University Police Station, Tanjore against the petitioner and her family members for the offence under Sections 296(b) and 351(2) of BNS and that the investigation is pending.

6. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned Counsel for the petitioner has produced a copy of the rental agreement entered into between the petitioner’s mother and one Ramakrishnan in respect of residential premises situated at Zuzuvadi, Hosur. The learned Counsel for the petitioner would further submit that the petitioner is taking necessary steps before the Hon'ble Supreme Court for transfer the cases pending before the Court at Bangalore to the Courts at Hosur.

7. Before entering into it is necessary to refer the case of N.C.V.Aishwarya Vs. A.S.Saravana Karthik Sha reported in 2022 Live Law (SC) 627, wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court has reiterated the position with generally, it is the wife's convenience, which must be looked at while considering the transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure and the relevant passage is extracted hereunder :

“The cardinal principle for exercise of power under Section

24 of the Code of Civil Procedure is that the ends of justice should demand the transfer of the suit, appeal or other proceeding. In matrimonial matters, wherever Courts are called upon to consider the plea of transfer, the Courts have to take into consideration the economic soundness of both the parties, the social strata of the spouses and their behaviou