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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

143

Transfer Application No.1369 of 2025 (O & M)

Date of decision :-14.05.2026

Chetan Bhullar

…..Applicant

Versus

Jashanjit Singh Ranu

…..Respondent

CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

Present:- Ms. Shivya Sehgal, Advocate (through VC)

for the applicant.

Mr. Kirat Pal Dhaliwal, Advocate for the respondent.

NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

1. Prayer in this petition filed by applicant-wife is for

transfer of the petition filed by respondent-husband under Sections 13

of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 (for short ‘the Act’) bearing

No.HMA/509/2025 titled as “Jashanjit Singh Ranu vs. Chetan Bhullar”

(Annexure P-1) pending in the Court of Principal Judge, Family Court,

Barnala to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Ludhiana.

2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits :-

i) That the present Transfer Application is being pursued by

the mother of the applicant-wife, namely, Smt. Navdeep

Kaur aged 55 years, being Special Power of Attorney

Holder of the applicant-wife as the applicant-wife

alongwith her daughter are residing in Canada.

(ii) That the parties were married on 18.8.2021 according to

Sikh rites and rituals.

VIJAY ASIJA

2026.05.18 19.00

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

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iii) That a female child was born out of this wedlock on

30.12.2024 and is in the care and custody of the applicant.

iv) That the applicant-wife is living separately from the

respondent-husband since 20.2.2025 and living alongwith

her minor child with her parents at their mercy at

Ludhiana.

v) That the applicant is unemployed, having no source of

income and totally dependent upon her old aged parents

and the respondent-husband is not paying anything to her

towards maintenance.

vi) That the proceedings arising out of petition :-

(a) under the Protection of Women from

Domestic Violence Act, 2005

(b) under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act;

and

(c) under Section 125 Cr.P.C.

filed by the applicant-wife, are pending in the Courts

having competent jurisdiction at Ludhiana and in all the

said cases the respondent-husband is very much appearing

before the Court.

vii) That the distance between place of residence of the

applicant-wife i.e. Ludhiana and the place of proceedings

under Section 13 of the Act, filed by the respondent-

husband, pending before the Addl. Principal Judge, Family

Court, Barnala, is about 77 kilometers on one side.

viii) That mother of the applicant-wife being an old lady of 55

years is suffering from various age related ailments and it

is very difficult for her to travel and pursue the Court

proceedings at Barnala.

3. It is inter alia on these grounds that applicant prays for

transfer of the case, as detailed in para 1 above.

4. Learned counsel for the respondent is not in a position to

controvert the above said facts, however, oppose the prayer made by

learned counsel for the applicant regarding transfer of the proceedings

VIJAY ASIJA

2026.05.18 19.00

I attest to the accuracy and

integrity of this document

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under Section 13 of the Act, filed by the respondent-husband to the

Court of competent jurisdiction at Barnala on the basis that the present

Transfer Application has been filed just to harass the respondent-

husband.

5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the

case file.

6. The legal position in such like cases as the present one, is

well established. In this regard, judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court

rendered in N.C.V. Aishwarya vs A.S. Saravana Karthik Sha,” 2022

Live Law (SC) 627, is most relevant wherein the Hon’ble Supreme

Court has held as under:-

“9. 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

behaviour