ARSHDEEP KAUR vs MANINDER RAJ SINGH

TA-1386-2025 (O & M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 203 Transfer Application No.1386 of 2025 (O & M) Date of decision :-14.05.2026 Arshdeep Kaur …..Applicant Versus Maninder Raj Singh …..Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Simranjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondent despite service. NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in this petition filed by applicant-wife is for transfer of the petition filed by respondent-husband under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 (for short ‘the Act’) titled “Maninder Raj Singh vs. Arshdeep Kaur” (Annexure P-1) pending in the Court of Principal Judge, Family Court, Ludhiana to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Rajpura, District Patiala. Though notice has been served upon the respondent but no one is appearing on his behalf for the last two dates i.e. 14.1.2026 and 20.2.2026. Today also, nobody is present to represent him. Accordingly, this petition is being decided in his absence. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended :- i) That the parties were married on 27.11.2017 according to Sikh rites and rituals. VIJAY ASIJA 2026.05.18 19.00 I attest to the accuracy