1 153 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH MANJEET KAUR VIKRAM CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE Present: Ms. Gurpreet Kaur, Mr. Mr. Rushtam Singh, HARKESH MANUJA [1] The petitioner bearing HMA No. Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter to be referred as “divorce petition”) at the instance of respondent learned Principal Judge, Family Court, jurisdiction at Ra [2] Briefly stating, the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was solemnized on 09.09.2014; on account of matrimonial discord between the parties, the above mentioned divorce peti husband. Thereupon be filed by the petitioner [3] Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner wife does not have any independent source of income and is residing at her mother’s house at Rajpura. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that her father had unfortunately died way back and her mother as well as IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: MANJEET KAUR Versus HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARKESH MANUJA Ms. Gurpreet Kaur, Advocate for the Mr. G.S. Mehra, Advocate and Mr. Rushtam Singh, Advocate for the **** HARKESH MANUJA, J. (ORAL) The petitioner-wife, by way of present application, seeks transfer of case bearing HMA No. 684 of 2022, titled “Vikram Vs. Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter to be referred as “divorce petition”) at the instance of respondent learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Ambala at Rajpura. Briefly stating, the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was 26.05.2013; out of their wedlock, a ; on account of matrimonial discord between the parties, the above mentioned divorce petition came to be preferred at the instance of respondent Thereupon, the present application seeking transfer be filed by the petitioner-wife. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner s not have any independent source of income and is residing at her mother’s house at Rajpura. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that her father had unfortunately died way back and her mother as well as TA-1688-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH TA-1688-2025 Date of Decision: July 08, 2026 ........Petitioner ........Respondent HARKESH MANUJA Advocate for the petitioner. Advocate for the respondent. wife, by way of present application, seeks transfer of case Vs. Manjeet Kaur”, filed under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter to be referred as “divorce petition”) at the instance of respondent-husband; from the Court of Ambala to the Court of competent Briefly stating, the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was ; out of their wedlock, a girl child was born on ; on account of matrimonial discord between the parties, the above tion came to be preferred at the instance of respondent- , the present application seeking transfer thereof came to Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that the petitioner- s not have any independent source of income and is residing at her mother’s house at Rajpura. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that her father had unfortunately died way back and her mother as well as 2025 July 08, 2026 Petitioner wife, by way of present application, seeks transfer of case ”, filed under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter to be referred as husband; from the Court of competent Briefly stating, the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was child was born on ; on account of matrimonial discord between the parties, the above - came to - s not have any independent source of income and is residing at her mother’s house at Rajpura. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that her father had unfortunately died way back and her mother as well as TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.07.10 15:15 I agree to specified portions of this document 2 TA-1688-2025 brother have also passed away on 02.09.2021 & 09.12.2024. Accordingly, a prayer is made for transfer of the above mentioned divorce petition filed at the instance of respondent-husband from Family Court, Ambala to Family Court, Patiala, Camp Court at Rajpura. [4] On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondent vehemently opposes the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner. [5] I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the paper-book. [6] As per the averments made in the present transfer application, the petitioner-wife has no independent source of income and she is also looking after her minor daughter. Moreover, the father, mother and brother of petitioner have unfortunately died thereby, having no immediate family member to support her financially which aggravates the situation. [7] Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the humble opinion of this Court, it would be in the interest of both the parties that above mentioned divorce petition is transferred. Consequently the transfer application is allowed and the divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/684/2022, titled “Vikram Vs. Manjeet Kaur”, filed by the respondent- husband, stands transferred from the Family Court, Ambala to Court of competent jurisdiction at Rajpura. The requisite record of the aforesaid case be sent by the Family Court, Ambala to the Court concerned. [8] Pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of. 08.07.2026 (HARKESH MANUJA) Tejwinder JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No TEJWINDER SINGH 2026.07.10 15:15 I agree to specified portions of this document