SIMRANJEET KAUR vs MALKIT SINGH

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 134 TA-177-2025 Date of Decision: 19.05.2026 Simranjeet Kaur .… Petitioner Versus Malkit Singh .... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Lovish Rattan, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Abhishek Dhull, Advocate for the respondent. 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 13 of the Hindu Marriage, 1955 (for short-‘the Act’), bearing No. HMA/4/2025 dated 02.01.2025 (Annexure P-1) titled as ‘Malkit Singh vs. Smt. Simranjeet Kaur’ pending adjudication before the learned Family Court, Dera Bassi, District Mohali to a Court of competent jurisdiction at Jalandhar. 2. At very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he may be permitted to withdraw the instant petition as, the matter stands settled between the parties; and a joint petition under Section 13-B of the Act for divorce by way of mutual consent has been filed on 01.05.2026 in which First Motion statements of the parties are to be recorded on 21.05.2026. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent has not disputed the afor