IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

221 Transfer Application No.337 of 2024 (O & M)

Date of decision :-20.05.2026 Kamalpreet Kaur …..Applicant Versus Mangal Singh and another …..Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Rahul Vats, Advocate for the applicant.

None for contesting respondent No.1.

Mr. Ashwani Antil, Advocate for respondent No.2.

NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this Transfer Application filed by applicant- wife is for transfer of the petition filed by respondent No.1-husband under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 (for short ‘the Act’) bearing No.DMC/123/2022 titled as “Mangal Singh vs. Kamalpreet Kaur and another” (Annexure P-2) pending in the Family Court, Jalandhar to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Chandigarh.

Respondent No.2 has already put in appearance;

whereas as per office report, notice issued to the contesting respondent No.1 through dasti process has been received back duly served, however, there is no representation on his behalf.

Accordingly, this Transfer Application is being decided in his absence.

2. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended :- i) That the parties were married on 15.8.2014 accordi