the said proceedings are pending for final adjudication. The record further indicates that Respondent No.1 wife thereafter filed Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.3980 of 2016 in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class at Pune under Section 12 and other related provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the “Domestic Violence Act”) on 25.08.2016. 4. Section 26 of the Domestic Violence Act gives jurisdiction to the Family Court to grant relief under Sections 18 to 22 of the said Act to the aggrieved person. Thus, the Family Court is empowered to hear and dispose of the said Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.3980 of 2016 filed by Respondent No.1. If the said Criminal Miscellaneous Application No.3980 of 2016 is transferred to the Family Court at Pune, the said Court will be able to decide both the applications and the parties herein need not have to attend two different Courts for the said proceedings. It is further to be noted here that, if the said application is transferred to the Family Court at Pune, no undue hardship or inconvenience would be caused to Respondent No.1, who otherwise also attends the Family Court and comes from Lucknow on each and every occasion.
