K. Indira v. K. Senthilkumar
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court single-judge order dated 19-02-2026 allowing a transfer petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure: HMOP No.269 of 2025 (husband's divorce petition on ground of cruelty) moved from Family Court, Tanjore to Family Court, Chennai because the petitioner wife lives at Chennai with the child and faces about 700 Km travel per posting, undue hardship, onerous and unsafe travel; records transmission ordered within four weeks; transferee court to proceed expeditiously uninfluenced by observations; companion stay petition CMP No.1113 of 2026 closed; no costs.
What did the court decide?
H.M.O.P. No.269 of 2025 withdrawn from the file of the Family Court, Tanjore and transferred to the file of the Family Court, Chennai; the Family Court, Tanjore directed to transmit the entire records to the Family Court, Chennai within four weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; the transferee Court to dispose of the matter in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, uninfluenced by observations in the order; C.M.P. No.1113 of 2026 closed consequentially; no costs.