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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

140 TA-1134-2025 (O&M)

Date of decision: 14.05.2026

Jaspreet Kaur ...Petitioner(s)

Vs.

Man Singh ...Respondent(s)

CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

Present:- Ms. Madhu Bala, Advocate and

Mr. J.S.Moudgill, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Devender S. Punia, Advocate

for the respondent.

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NIDHI GUPTA, J.

Prayer in this petition filed by petitioner-wife under Section

24 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 is for transferring the case bearing No.

DMC 322 of 2025 titled as Man Singh versus Jaspreet Kaur filed by

respondent under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act (Annexure P-1),

which is pending in the Court of Ld. Additional Principal Judge, Family

Court, Hissar, Haryana to competent Court of Ld. Principal Judge, Family

Court, Sangrur District Sangrur, Punjab.

2. It is inter alia submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner

that the petitioner was married to the respondent/husband on

16.01.2018. No child is born out of their marriage. Due to matrimonial

discord, parties are residing separately since January 2018.

DIVYANSHI

2026.05.15 15:57

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integrity of this document

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3. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks transfer of the

aforesaid petition filed by the respondent/husband under Section 9 of the

Hindu Marriage Act from Family Court, Hisar to Court of competent

jurisdiction of Sangrur, Punjab on the ground that:

1) the petitioner has filed a Petition bearing No. HMA/28/2025

under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (Annexure P-2),

which is pending before the Ld. Additional Principal Judge,

Family Court Sangrur;

2) that the petitioner is working as Nurse in Rajendra Hospital,

Patiala. As such, it is difÏcult for the petitioner to take leave and

travel the distance of 170 k.m. from Hisar to Sangrur.;

3) that the petitioner is residing at her parental home and,

therefore, it is very difÏcult for the petitioner to attend

proceedings pending before the Family Court, Hisar;

4) Further, the Petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act

has been filed by the respondent with ulterior motive only to

harass the petitioner and her family members as marriage

between the parties is a dead marriage as the parties never lived

or cohabited together as husband and wife.

4. It is accordingly prayed that the present Petition be allowed;

and the petition filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act

(Annexure P-1) by the respondent presently pending before the Family

Court, Hisar be transferred to Family Court, Sangrur.

DIVYANSHI

2026.05.15 15:57

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

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5. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondent controverts

submissions of the petitioner and submits that the respondent is

unemployed and has no source of income; whereas the petitioner has a

Govt. job. It is further submitted that it is for this reason that the

petitioner does not wish to live with the respondent. It is further

submitted that this is second marriage of the petitioner. It is accordingly

prayed that the present Petition be dismissed.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioner rebuts submissions of the

respondent by submitÝng that the respondent is a well qualified person as

he has completed his course of GNM. Moreover, it is incorrect for the

respondent to state that he is jobless as the respondent is working as

Nurse in Sarvodaya Multispeciality Hospital, Hisar and earning Rs.18,000/-

p.m. Respondent is also having 5 acres of agricultural land and having

income of Rs.7-8 lacs per annum.

7. No other argument has been made on behalf of the parties. I

have heard learned counsel for the parties and have perused the case file in

detail. I find merit in the submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner.

8. Besides the facts as noticed herein above in para 2, which con-

stitute sufÏcient grounds for transfer, the legal position in such like cases is

well established inasmuch as, convenience of the wife is to be given greater

weightag