Pooja v. Nitesh and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Transfer application (TA) dismissed; divorce petition not transferred; matrimonial dispute; preference for wife's convenience in transfer applications is not a thumb rule; balance of convenience of both parties; respondent-husband's custody of about-3-year-old girl child; marriage solemnised 17.01.2018; parties residing separate; commuting distance about 40 kilometres; G.T. Road well-connected transport; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; single judge Archana Puri; decided 10.03.2025; TA-114-2024 (O&M); advocate Divyam Singh for applicant; no advocate for respondent No.1.
What did the court decide?
Although the Courts give preference to the convenience of the wife in transfer applications relating to matrimonial disputes, this is not a thumb rule; many other circumstances spelt out from the material coming forth must also be taken into consideration.