KAJAL vs RAJAT CHAWLA

TA-120-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 228 TA-120-2026 Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 Kajal .…Petitioner Versus Rajat Chawla .... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Hitesh Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL) 1. By way of filing the present petition, the petitioner-wife is seeking transfer of petition filed by the respondent-husband under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short-‘the Act’) for decree of divorce bearing No. HMA/1263/2025 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘Rajat Chawla vs. Kajal’, pending adjudication before the learned Family Court Sirsa to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Gurdaspur. 2. Though ordinary notice issued to the respondent has been received back duly served. However, none has put in appearance on behalf of the respondent-husband. Accordingly, this petition is being decided in his absence. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, submits that :- i) The parties had love marriage on 18.11.2023 according to Hindu Rites and customs. ii) No child was born out of the said wedlock. iii) Due to matrimonial discord the parties are residing separately since 29.04.2024