BABITA Vs. CHANDER PAL SHARMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present application has been preferred by the applicant -wife under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, praying for the transfer of the petition titled as 'Chander Pal Sharma Vs. Smt. Babita', filed by the respondent under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'the Act'), from the Court of learned District Judge -cum -Family Court, Faridabad, to the Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar.

(2.) I have heard the learned counsel for the respondent and perused the record.

(3.) THE learned counsel for the respondent has produced a photocopy of the petition under Section 13 of the Act, in which the date of institution of the HMA petition No. 580 of 2010, is recorded as 4.8.2010. Therefore, it is evident that the petition filed by the respondent is prior in time and the petitions filed by the applicant are counter -blast thereto. In Surajmukhi Vs. Chhotu Ram,, 2009 (1) ICC 475, this Court has held as under: -