Soma Chatterjee v. Apurba Chatterjee

30.03.2026 Item No.29 Court No. 30 Piya CO 3143 of 2024 Smt. Soma Chatterjee -vsSri Apurba Chatterjee Mr. Arindam Banerjee Ms. Trina Ghosh ... for the Petitioner

1. The revisional application has been preferred by the wife/petitioner praying for transfer of Matrimonial Suit no. 535 of 2024 from the Court of learned 2nd Additional District & Sessions Judge, Serampore, Hooghly to the Court of learned District Judge, Alipore, South 24 Parganas.

2. In spite of service, the husband/opposite party is not represented.

3. On hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and on perusal of the materials on record, it appears that the Matrimonial Suit has been filed in the Serampore Court, Hooghly by the husband/opposite party herein.

4. The petitioner/wife herein resides at Jadavpur, South 24 Parganas along with her child.

5. Considering the said difficulty of the petitioner/wife to travel to Serampore Court, on regular basis, when she has a child to look after, this Court relying upon the judgments of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in N.C.V. Aishwarya vs A.S. Saravana Karthik Sha, in Civil Appeal No(s). 4894 of 2022 (arising out of SLP (C) No(s). 16465 of 2021), decided on July 18, 2022, (Para 11, 12), directs that Matrimonial Suit No. 535 of 2024 be withdrawn from the Court of learned 2nd Additional District & Sessions Judge, Serampore, Hooghly and be transferred to the Court of learned District Judge, Alipore, South 24 Parganas.

6. Learned District Judge, Alipore, South 24 Parganas shall proceed with the suit in accordance with law with due notice upon both the parties.

7. Keeping in mind the case of the opposite party herein, the learned District Judge shall be at liberty to permit the opposite party to appear virtually, if such prayer is made.

8. CO 3143 of 2024 is disposed of.

9. Parties to act on the server copy of this order.

10. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned Courts for immediate compliance.

( Shampa Dutt (Paul), J. )