P&H: Wife’s Convenience Not Automatic Ground For Transfer Case; 130 Km Distance Not Sufficient The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a wife’s plea to transfer her husband’s divorce case from Rohtak to Kaithal, holding that while a wife’s convenience is ordinarily considered in matrimonial transfer petitions, it cannot be applied mechanically without showing exceptional hardship. Hearing transfer application filed by wife seeking shifting of her husband, Section 13 Hindu Marriage Act petition from the
P&H: Wife’s Convenience Not Automatic Ground For Transfer Case; 130 Km Distance Not Sufficient
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14 May 2026
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Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.24, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.13 — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings — Convenience of wife — Convenience of the wife ordinarily deserves due consideration in transfer petitions arising out of matrimonial disputes, but such consideration cannot be applied mechanically and each case must be examined on its own facts and attending circumstances. (Para 6) Civil Procedure Code, 1908, S.24, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.13 — Transfer — Husband serving in the
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