P&H: Transfers husband’s divorce case to Rohtak, refuses to shift father-in-law civil suit
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has partly allowed a wife’s transfer plea, shifting her husband’s divorce petition from Sonepat to Rohtak, where she is now residing with her minor son and family. Justice Harkesh Manuja said the matrimonial case should be heard at Rohtak in view of the wife’s circumstances and the fact that other proceedings between the parties were already pending there.
The wife had sought transfer of two matters. One was the husband’s divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The other was a civil suit for permanent injunction filed by her father-in-law...