MANDEEP KAUR vs JASPREET SINGH

TA-1409-2024 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 233 TA-1409-2024 Date of Decision: 15.05.2026 Mandeep Kaur .…Petitioner Versus Japreet Singh .... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. JS Mahal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. SS Randhawa, Advocate for the respondent. NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL) 1. Prayer in this petition filed by the petitioner-wife is for transfer of the petition filed by respondent-husband under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 (for short ‘the Act’) bearing No. HMA/456/2024 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘Jaspreet Singh vs. Mandeep Kaur’ pending in the Court of Principal Judge, Family Court, Gurdaspur to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Amritsar. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, submits that :- i) The parties were married on 25.11.2023 according to Sikh Rites and Ceremonies. ii) No child was born out of the said wedlock. iii) Due to matrimonial discord the parties are residing separately since 08.02.2024. iv) The distance between place of residence of the petitioner-wife i.e. Amritsar and the place of proceedings filed by the respondent-husband at Gurdaspur, is about 75 kilometers on one side.