2009 (4) TMI 1015

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.... is alleged that the petitioner is resident of Avadi, she finds it very difficult to go to Chengleput to attend the Court; that if it is transferred to Family Court at Chennai, her relatives and a couple of Advocate friends at Chennai are prepared to help her; that it is also easier for her to travel to Chennai than to Chengleput; that according to convenience also transfer has to be made and that she is constantly threatened and it is not safe for her to go to Chengleput and there is no one else to accompany here. 3. In the counter affidavit, the above said allegations have been controverted and it is pleaded that she has well equipped facilities to travel to Avadi where she is living; that she, with sole intention to harass and humiliate....

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.... 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner placed reliance upon a decision reported in CDJ 2001 SC 2469 [Sumita Singh v. Kumar Sanjay and another] in which the wife sought for transfer of a matrimonial case from Bhojpur to Delhi and the case was pending in the Court in Ara. After hearing both sides, the Apex Court directed transfer of case to the District Judge, Delhi. 7. Mr.R. Shanmugasundaram, learned Senior Counsel for the respondent would site a decision of Orissa High Court in I (2008) DMC 708 [Sujata Mohanty v. Radra Charan Mohanty] wherein the High Court refuses to heed to the request of the wife, since no ground was made out except saying that she being lady it is not safe for her to travel alone, however, directing the husband to pay....