Vikasha Rani Vs Khetarpal — Domestic Violence | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

Vikasha Rani Vs Khetarpal — Domestic Violence | Punjab & Haryana HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Transfer application allowed: the husband's petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA/1286/2025, 'Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani') transferred from the Family Court, Sirsa to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani; requisite record to be sent by the Family Court, Sirsa to the District and Sessions Judge, Bhiwani for assignment to the Family Court, Bhiwani; parties directed to appear before the Family Court, Bhiwani within one month.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA/1286/2025, 'Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani') filed by the respondent-husband, pending in the Family Court, Sirsa, should be transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani.

Court's answer

Grounds for allowing the transfer: the applicant takes care of the school-going son while having no source of earning; the distance between the two places; two other cases arising from the broken marriage already pending at Bhiwani and being pursued by the respondent; and the respondent having not come forward to resist the application.

Ratio / Principle

Despite service, the respondent did not appear on 01.04.2026 nor on the date of the present hearing; accordingly, the respondent was proceeded against ex parte.

Key takeaways

The transfer application is allowed and the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, i.e. HMA/1286/2025, titled 'Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani', filed by the respondent-husband, is transferred.ratio¶25
The said petition stands transferred from the Family Court, Sirsa, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani.ratio¶25
The requisite record of the aforesaid case is to be sent by the Family Court, Sirsa, to the District and Sessions Judge, Bhiwani.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

TA-100-2026, High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (Archana Puri J., 08.04.2026): Wife-applicant's transfer application allowed. The husband's petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA/1286/2025, 'Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani'), pending in the Family Court, Sirsa, stands transferred to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani. Despite service, the respondent did not appear and was proceeded against ex parte. Grounds: the applicant takes care of the school-going son (Class I, Bhiwani) and has no source of earning, being dependent on her parental family; the distance between the two places is 156 kms; her petition under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and her petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act are already pending at Bhiwani, where the respondent makes appearance; and the respondent did not come forward to resist the application. Directions: requisite record to be sent by the Family Court, Sirsa to the District and Sessions Judge, Bhiwani; petition to be assigned to the Family Court, Bhiwani; parties to appear before the Family Court, Bhiwani within one month. Speaking/reasoned: Yes.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

Sr. No.140

TA-100-2026

Date of Decision: 08.04.2026

VIKASHA RANI

....Applicant

Versus

KHETARPAL

.....Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ARCHANA PURI

Present:Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Advocate for the applicant.

None for the respondent.

ARCHANA PURI, J. (Oral)

As per the observations made in the order dated 01.04.2026, despite service, the respondent did not make appearance on that date. Even today, he has not made appearance. As such, the respondent is proceeded against ex parte .

Counsel for the applicant heard.

The applicant-wife has filed the present application for seeking transfer of the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/1286/2025, titled ‘Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani’, filed by the

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respondent-husband, pending in the Family Court, Sirsa and she seeks transfer of the same to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Bhiwani.

It is submitted by the counsel for the applicant that the marriage between the parties to the lis, had taken place on 27.03.2018. One son born from the said wedlock, is in the care and custody of the applicant and he is studying in 1^st class in the nearby school at Bhiwani. The applicant is not having any source of earning and as such, she, together with the son, is dependent upon her parental family. Even, she has filed the petition under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as well as the petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, which are pending in the Courts at Bhiwani and the respondent is making appearance in both the said petitions. The distance between the two places is stated to be 156 kms.

In view of the aforesaid fact situation, more particularly, considering the fact of the applicant taking care of the school-going son, while she herself is not having any source of earning; the distance between the two places; fact of two other cases, arising from the broken marriage, to be already pending at Bhiwani, which are being pursued by the respondent and above it, considering the fact about the respondent having not come forward to resist the application, the transfer application is allowed and the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act i.e. HMA/1286/2025, titled ‘Khetarpal Vs. Vikasha Rani’, filed by the respondent-husband, stands transferred from the Family Court, Sirsa, to the Court of competent

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jurisdiction at Bhiwani. The requisite record of the aforesaid case be sent by the Family Court, Sirsa, to the District and Sessions Judge, Bhiwani.

Learned District and Sessions Judge, Bhiwani, shall assign the said petition to the Family Court, Bhiwani. Even, the parties are directed to appear before the Family Court, Bhiwani, within a period of one month from today onwards.

(ARCHANA PURI) 08.04.2026 JUDGE Himanshu Vats Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes Whether reportable : Yes/No

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