IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.108 (4 cases)

Date of Decision: 29.10.2025

1. TA-336-2025 MEENAKSHI BAWEJA ....Applicant Versus DEEPAK BAWEJA .....Respondent

2. TA-1471-2024 MEENAKSHI BAWEJA ....Applicant Versus DEEPAK BAWEJA .....Respondent

3. CRM-M-4746-2025 (O&M)

MEENAKSHI BAWEJA AND OTHERS ....Petitioners Versus DEEPAK BAWEJA .....Respondent

4. TA-1656-2024 (O&M)

MEENAKSHI BAWEJA ....Applicant Versus DEEPAK BAWEJA .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ARCHANA PURI Present:- Mr. Viren Jain, Ms. Tarranum Madan and Ms. Jyoti Negi, Advocates for the applicant/petitioners (in all the cases).

Mr. Vikas Bishnoi, Advocate for the respondent (in all the cases).

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ARCHANA PURI, J. (Oral)

CRM-9803-2025 IN CRM-M-4746-2025 AND CM-4631-CII-2025 IN TA-1656-2024 The present applications have been filed at the behest of the respondent, for placing on record replies in respective cases, along with the annexures.

In view of the averments made in the applications, same are allowed and the requisite replies along with the annexures are taken on record.

MAIN CASES These are four cases filed by Meenakshi Baweja-wife, for seeking transfer of the litigation, pending between the parties to the lis.

TA-336-2025 has been filed for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act i.e.

GW/3/2023, titled ‘Deepak Baweja Vs. Meenakshi Baweja’.

TA-1471-2024 has been filed for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/328/2021, titled ‘Meenakshi Baweja Vs. Deepak Baweja’.

CRM-M-4746-2025 has been filed for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code i.e. MNT-

125/409/2021, titled ‘Meenakshi Baweja Vs. Deepak Baweja’.

TA-1656-2024 has been filed for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/13/2023, titled ‘Meenakshi Baweja Vs. Deepak Baweja’.

All the aforesaid cases are pending in the Courts at Mansa and the applicant is seeking transfer of the same to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Gurugram.

In pursuance of the notice issued, the respondent made appearance through counsel in all the four cases. He had filed reply in TA- 1656-2024, which is relating to transfer of the divorce petition, as well as in CRM-M-4746-2025, which relates to transfer of the maintenance petition. However, the counsel has given a statement today, that the reply so filed in TA-1656-2024, be considered as reply in connected transfer applications i.e.

TA-336-2025 and TA-1471-2024, as well.

Counsel for the parties heard.

At the very outset, it is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that the marriage between the parties to the lis, had taken place on 13.04.2012. Two sons born from the said wedlock, who are in the age group of 7-11 years, are in the care and custody of the applicant. However, on account of the matrimonial dispute, the parties are residing separate since the year 2021. Thereupon, the applicant, with the purpose to secure good further for her children, had joined B.Ed. course in S.S. College of Education for Girls at Bhikhi, Mansa (Punjab). At the time of pursuing the said degree, the applicant had filed transfer applications, thereby seeking transfer of the petition under Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act i.e. GW/3/2023, as well as the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/13/2023, filed by the respondent, which were pending in the Courts at Gurugram and she sought transfer of the said cases to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Mansa. Vide order dated 22.11.2022, copy whereof is Annexure A-4 (in TA-336-2025), both the said applications i.e. TA-532-2021 and TA-542-2021, were allowed and both the aforesaid cases were transferred by the said order.

Also, it is submitted that in Gurugram, where the applicant, along with her children was residing, she had filed the petition under Section 125 Cr.P.C. and the petition under the Protection of W