Reenu v. Vinod Kumar

TA-261-2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.263 TA-261-2025 Date of Decision: 11.08.2025 REENU ....Applicant

Versus

VINOD KUMAR .....Respondent

CORAM:

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ARCHANA PURI Present:- Mr. Mandeep Singh jangu, Advocate for the applicant.

None for the respondent.

***** ARCHANA PURI, J. (Oral) As per the observations made in the order dated 28.05.2025, despite service, the respondent did not make appearance on that date. Even today, he has not made appearance. As such, the respondent is proceeded against ex parte.

Counsel for the applicant heard.

The applicant-wife has filed the present application for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/780/2024, titled 'Vinod Kumar Vs. Reenu', filed by the respondenthusband, pending in the Family Court (Camp Court) Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar and she seeks transfer of the same to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Jind.

It is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that the marriage between the parties to the lis, had taken place on 09.12.2016. Two daughters born from the said wedlock, are in the care and custody of the applicant. Sonu 2025.08.12 09:58 I agree to specified portions of this document P&HHC

TA-261-2025 The applicant has no source of earning and is dependent upon her parental family. Even, she has filed the petition under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which is pending in the Courts at Jind and the respondent is making appearance in the same. The distance between the two places is stated to be about 100 kilometres. In view of the aforesaid mitigating circumstances, more particularly, considering the fact of two daughters born from the wedlock, in the custody of the applicant, who herself has no source of earning and also taking into consideration the fact about the respondent having not come forward to resist the application, the transfer application is allowed and the petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/780/2024, titled 'Vinod Kumar Vs.

Reenu', filed by the respondent-husband, stands transferred from the Family Court (Camp Court) Bahadurgarh, District Jhajjar, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Jind. The requisite record of the aforesaid case be sent by the Family Court (Camp Court) Bahadurgarh, to the District and Sessions Judge, Jind. Learned District and Sessions Judge, Jind, shall assign the said petition to the Family Court, Jind. Even, the parties are directed to appear before the Family Court, Jind, within a period of one month from today onwards.

(ARCHANA PURI) 11.08.2025 JUDGE Himanshu Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes Whether reportable :

Yes/No Sonu 2025.08.12 09:58 I agree to specified portions of this document P&HHC