Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, Transfer Application No. 280 of 2026 (O&M), decided 16.07.2026 by Harkesh Manuja, J. Wife's transfer application allowed: husband's petition under Section 13(1)(i-a) Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (HMA/440/2025, Ankit Sharma v. Prity) moved from Family Court, Panchkula to Family Court, Ambala on grounds of wife's residence at Ambala with minor daughter, absence of income, roughly 100 km travel, alleged threat, and pendency of her three other cases at Ambala; relied on Manjula Singh Chouhan v. Vishal Singh Chouhan, 2019 (13) SCC 660. Keywords: transfer of matrimonial proceedings, convenience of wife, Family Court Panchkula, Family Court Ambala, Section 13(1)(i-a) HMA.
What did the court decide?
Transfer application allowed; petition HMA/440/2025 transferred from the Family Court, Panchkula to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Family Court, Ambala; requisite record to be sent by the Family Court, Panchkula to the court concerned at the earliest, where the parties are to appear within one month; pending miscellaneous application(s), if any, stand disposed of.