Case brief
What is this about?
G.Saravanan v. M.Revathi, Tr.C.M.P.(MD)No.414 of 2024, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided by Justice K. Murali Shankar on 12.03.2026. A transfer petition under Section 24 CPC sought to move matrimonial case H.M.O.P.No.4368 of 2023 from Family Court, Chennai to Family Court, Thanjavur. Since the parties' divorce had meanwhile been decreed on mutual consent in H.M.O.P.No.148 of 2025 (Subordinate Court, Pattukkottai, 26.02.2026), the transfer petition became moot and was dismissed as infructuous; the connected miscellaneous petition C.M.P.(MD)No.9011 of 2024 was closed, with no costs. Keywords: Section 24 CPC, transfer petition, H.M.O.P., mutual consent divorce, infructuous.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission that a decree of divorce had been granted on mutual consent in H.M.O.P.No.148 of 2025, the Court dismissed the Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Petition as infructuous and closed the connected Miscellaneous Petition, awarding no costs.