Kirti Kumari @ Keerti v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Search terms: transfer of matrimonial/divorce case between judgeships; Hindu Marriage Act Ss. 13(i), 13(i)(a); jurisdiction/roster of criminal miscellaneous bench vs civil-suit transfers; non-maintainability and dismissal of wrongly routed Cr. Misc.; placement of record before Acting Chief Justice for reassignment; Patna-to-Khagaria transfer; originating PS case, Banka district. Relevant for practitioners assessing how cross-roster transfer petitions are disposed of and for citing the principle that a criminal-miscellaneous bench cannot entertain civil-case transfer prayers. Outcome: application dismissed; no relief granted; no amounts.
What did the court decide?
None to the petitioner; the criminal miscellaneous application was dismissed as not maintainable, and the record was directed to be placed before the Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice for assignment to a Bench taking up transfer of civil suits.