Pratibha Kumari v. Rohit Kumar Sinha

Jharkhand HC29 Jan 2026Tr.Pet.CVL/99/2025

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What is this about?

Section 24 CPC transfer petition by wife (Pratibha Kumari) to shift husband's dissolution-of-marriage suit O.S. No. 564 of 2025 from Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to Family Court, Ranchi; grounds: petitioner's kidney problem (treatment at C.M.C. Vellore and nuclear medicine institute, Mohali/Chandigarh), ouster from matrimonial home, stay with pension-dependent parents in Ranchi, financial constraints, inability to travel; opposite party (Rohit Kumar Sinha) raised no objection to transfer; petition allowed; single-judge order by Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava dated 29 January 2026.

What did the court decide?

Transfer of the records of Original Suit No. 564 of 2025 from the Court of the Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi. ¶¶23

Pratibha Kumari Vs Rohit Kumar Sinha — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Transfer of the records of Original Suit No. 564 of 2025 from the Court of the Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the records of Original Suit No. 564 of 2025, pending before the Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur, should be transferred to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure. +1 more

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Court's answer

Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the factual aspects of the case, the Court was inclined to transfer the records of O.S. No. 564 of 2025 from the Court of the Learned Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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Ratio / Principle

The present transfer petition (civil) is allowed.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 99 of 2025 — Pratibha Kumari v. Rohit Kumar Sinha (High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Order No. 06 dated 29.01.2026, Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava). Filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking transfer of Original Suit No. 564 of 2025 — a suit for dissolution of marriage filed by the husband in 2025 — from the Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi. Grounds urged by the petitioner-wife: kidney ailment undergoing treatment at C.M.C., Vellore and at the Indian Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Scanning, Mohali, Chandigarh; alleged ouster from the matrimonial home; residence with parents in Ranchi who have no independent income save nominal pension; financial strain of litigation and inability to travel to Jamshedpur for court dates. Counsel for the opposite party opposed the contentions but raised no objection to the transfer of records. Considering the submissions and the factual aspects, the Court allowed the petition and ordered transfer of the records to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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2026:JHHC:2617

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 99 of 2025

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Pratibha Kumari, aged about 38 years, wife of Shri Rohit Kumar Sinha, resident of Sita Devi, Qr. DT 2057, H.E.C. Colony, Tanki Side, P.O. – Dhurwa, P.S. – Dhurwa, District – Ranchi.

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….. Petitioner

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Versus

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Rohit Kumar Sinha, son of Ashok Kumar Sinha, resident of Bhatiya Basti, Kadma, P.O. & P.S. – Kadma, Town Jamshedpur, District – East Singhbhum.

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….. Opp. Party

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--------CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

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-------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vikesh Kumar, Advocate. For the Opp. Party : Mr. Rohit Ranjan Singh, Advocate. --------- Order No. 06/Dated: 29^th January, 2026

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Heard learned counsel for the parties.

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The instant transfer petition (civil) has been filed under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure for transfer of Original Suit No. 564 of 2025 from the Court of learned Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the court of learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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The factual matrix giving rise to this case is that the marriage between petitioner and opposite party was duly solemnized on 13.02.2019 at Dhurwa, Ranchi according to the Hindu rites and rituals and they were blessed with one daughter namely, Laxmi Kumar Sinha, who is now a student of Baldwin Far Area High School, Kadma. It is alleged that the petitioner has no regard to her matrimonial home and she does not want to stay there. It has further been alleged that the present opposite party was meted out with cruelty and threat from the petitioner and on 14.05.2025, the opposite party has sent a legal notice to the petitioner which was not responded,

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thereafter, in the year 2025, the husband of the petitioner has filed a suit for dissolution of marriage at Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is the wife of the opposite party. It is further submitted that the petitioner is suffering from Kidney problem and the treatment of the same is undergoing in C.M.C., Vellore and also in Indian Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Scanning at Mohali, Chandigarh. It is further submitted that the petitioner has been ousted from her matrimonial home by the opposite party due to her kidney problem and to avoid the medical expenses of the petitioner. It is submitted that efforts were made by the petitioner to live with the opposite party but the same were refused by the opposite party to take back until she is cured completely.

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It is further submitted that petitioner is residing with her parents in Ranchi, who have no independent source of income except nominal pension and in such financial crises due to expenses in medical treatment, the petitioner is not in a position to spend money in litigations, which is going before the Court at Jamshedpur and due to kidney problem, her weight is also getting down and her health does not permit her to travel from Ranchi to Jamshedpur to attend the dates in the Family Court, as such, if the case is transferred to any court of equal or superior jurisdiction in the district of Ranchi, it will be convenient for the petitioner.

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Learned counsel for the opposite party though has opposed the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner, but has raised no objection in transfer of records of the O.S. No. 564 of 2025, pending in the Court of Learned Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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I have heard learned counsel for both the sides.

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Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the factual aspects of the case, as discussed above, I am inclined to transfer the records of the O.S. No. 564 of 2025, pending in the Court of Learned Principal Judge, Family Court, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Ranchi.

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Accordingly, the present transfer petition (civil) is allowed .

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(Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.)

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