Pooja Hemani @ Namrata Hemdev vs Manish Hemdev

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO.924 OF 2021

POOJA HEMANI @ NAMRATA HEMDEV Petitioner

VERSUS

MANISH HEMDEV Respondent

O R D E R

This transfer petition has been filed by the petitioner-wife

seeking transfer of divorce petition filed by the respondent-

husband in the Court of 5th Additional Principal Judge, Family

Court, Chennai, Tamil Nadu to the Court of Principal Judge, Family

Court, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and

considered the pleadings, this Court is of the opinion that case

for transfer is not warranted but in the larger interest of

justice, orders for the conduct of the proceedings are warranted.

Accordingly, following directions are issued:

a. Upon agreement of the parties, the Family Court at

Chennai, shall in the event of availability of

Video/Electronic infrastructure, conduct the Signature Not Verified proceedings online for the effective participation Digitally signed by Dr. Mukesh Nasa Date: 2021.10.08

of both the parties.

09:04:41 IST Reason:

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b. In the event, the petitioner’s presence is

necessary, the Court shall fix such successive/

consecutive date(s) as may be convenient to the

petitioner.

The Family Court at Chennai shall decide the case as

expeditiously as possible.

The Registry is directed to send a copy of this Order to the

Court at Chennai for compliance.

This transfer petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

..........................J. [S. RAVINDRA BHAT]

NEW DELHI;

OCTOBER 04, 2021