KAVITA CHOUDHARY ALIAS KAVITA CHAUDHARY vs SANDEEP MALIK

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 143 TA-597-2026 Date of decision :04.05.2026 KAVITA CHAUDHARY @ KAVITA CHOUDHARY ... PETITIONER VERSUS SANDEEP MALIK ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Akshay Kumar Dahiya, Advocate for the petitioner. **** PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner is seeking transfer of divorce proceedings pending before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Rohtak to learned Family Court, District Panipat. 2. Admittedly, a divorce petition under Section 13(i-a) under the Hindu Marriage Act was preferred by the respondent-husband, which is stated to be pending before the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Rohtak. It is the case of the petitioner that she is a working lady and has very limited leaves to her credit. She is also looking after two minor children, therefore, is unable to attend the proceedings at Rohtak from Samalkha, where she is residing. It is further submitted that another petition filed by the petitioner-wife is pending MANOJ KUMAR 2026.05.05 16:42 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document TA-597-2026 -2- before the courts at Panipat. It is contended that if the divorce petition fi