Î. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2010

ARISING OUT OF

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 9060/2010

SETHILSELVI .....PETITIONER

VERSUS

S. VETRIVEL .....RESPONDENT

O R D E R

Leave granted.

2. Heard counsel for the parties.

3. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we deem

it proper to allow the prayer made at the instance of

the petitioner (the estranged wife) for transfer of the

case from the Chennai Court to the Madhurai Court. We,

accordingly, direct that GWOP No. 194 of 2008 instituted

by the respondent/husband for the custody of the

children and presently pending before the Principal

Sessions Judge, Chengalpattu, shall be transferred to

the Family Court at Madhurai. Let the records of the

case be transferred without any undue delay.

4. We further direct that during the current summer

vacation, the respondent