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Tranfer Petition
Facts
1. The instant transfer petition was filed by the petitioner to transfer 3 cases
filed by the respondent against the petitioner in the Family Court at
Shriganganagar, Rajasthan. The following are the cases filed by the
respondent–
a. A petition under section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act for restitution
of conjugal rights. [Filed – 08.01.2020/ case no. 46/2020]
b. A petition under section 25 of the Guardian and Wards Act for
custody of the son of the respondent. [Filed – 05.02.2020/ Case.
No. 2/2020]
c. A Petition under section 12 of the Guardian and Wards Act. [Filed
05.02.2020 case no. 3/2020]
2. The petitioner has filed an application under section 12 of the Protection
of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 on 24.01.2020 at the court
of CJM, Jhajjar.
3. The petitioner and the respondent got married according to Hindu Rites
and Customs on 25.07.2015 at Village Beri, District Jhajjar, Haryana.
4. A son was born to the petitioner and the respondent on 07.05.2016.
5. The petitioner and respondent resided in Sriganganagar for some time.
6. The petitioner left her matrimonial home and returned to her paternal
home in Jhajjar along with her son on 06.12.2019 (the petitioner in her
DV application contends she left sometime surrounding 25.07.2019; the
respondent in his RCR petition claims that she left in April 2019; the
respondent in his section 25 custody application claims the date of
leaving as 06.12.2020), aggrieved by which the respondent filed the
abovementioned cases at Sriganganagar Family Court.
1. The petitioner claims that the respondent subjected her to cruel and ill
treatment (physical and mental). She alleges that the respondent is a
drunkard who would beat her mercilessly and forced her to have
unnatural sexual relations.
2. The petitioner further alleges that the respondent and his family would
pressurize the petitioner for dowry, demanding a luxury car and Rs.
10,00,000/-. Further, the petitioner alleges that her father paid the
respondent’s family Rs. 2,00,000/- upon constant demands for dowry.
Further, the petitioner alleges that her ornaments were sold by the
respondent.
3. The petitioner also alleges that the respondent’s brother made
inappropriate and lewd advances towards her.
4. Further, the petitioner alleges that the respondent has an active extra-
marital relationship,
5. The petitioner alleges that on 25.07.2019, the respondent’s family
physically assaulted her for dowry. Thereafter, the petitioner alleges that
she was ousted from her matrimonial home along with her son by the
respondent.
1. The respondent alleges that he had sound relations with the petitioner and
that no dowry had been exchanged at any point in time between them.
2. The respondent alleges that after some time had passed to the marriage,
the petitioner, under pressure and influence from her family started
fighting with the respondent.
3. On the petitioner’s request, the respondent moved outside his parents’
house along with the petitioner to reside in Sriganganagar.
4. The petitioner conveyed to the respondent that she wanted to leave her
matrimonial house and return to her parental house. On April 2019, she
left her matrimonial house.
5. The Panchayat at Sriganganar tried to persuade the petitioner to return to
the matrimonial house, however the petitioner and her family refused to
comply.