P&H: Transfer Petition: Declines Wife’s Plea To Transfer Husband’s Suit; Notes Husband Has Custody Of Two Minors

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 13 May 2026
Headnotes
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.24 — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings — Wife’s convenience — Where husband has sole care and custody of two minor children at the place of the pending case and the wife, living with her father and brother, discloses no cogent reason for inability to travel, no equitable ground arises to transfer the case - Mere pendency of other cases connecte cases is not sufficient reason to transfer. (Para 6)  

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P&H: Transfer Petition: Declines Wife’s Plea To Transfer Husband’s Suit; Notes Husband Has Custody Of Two Minors The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to transfer from Hisar to Gurugram a matrimonial suit filed by a husband seeking dissolution of Nikah under Mohammedan Law.  The wife sought transfer citing the 185 km distance between Hisar and Gurugram, her inability to travel without support from her father and brother, and the pendency of related proceedings in

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