IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (Civil) No.2369 /2024
GARIMA ASHISH SONI PETITIONER
VERSUS
ASHISH UMESH SONI RESPONDENT
O R D E R
1. Read the office report dated 17th December, 2024.
2. The marriage between the petitioner, Garima Ashish Soni,
and the respondent, Ashish Umesh Soni, was solemnized on 08th
July, 2022. No child is born to them from such wedlock.
However, after marriage, the parties have since drifted apart
owing to differences arising between them.
3. The respondent has instituted proceedings under Section
13(1)(i-a)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, bearing Petition
No.A-1484/2023 titled “Ashish Umesh Soni V. Garima Ashish
Soni” before the Family Court at Nagpur, Maharashtra.
4. On the multiple grounds urged in the petition, the petitioner
has sought for transfer of the aforesaid proceedings from the
Family Court at Nagpur, Maharashtra to the Family Court of Pali,
Rajasthan.
5. We have heard Mr. Santosh Mishra, learned counsel
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appearing for the petitioner as well as Mr. Satyajit A. Desai,
learned counsel appearing for the respondent.
6. We are satisfied, having regard to the inconvenience the
petitioner is likely to face if the proceedings were continued in
the Family Court at Nagpur, Maharashtra, which is at a distance
of around 1000 kms from her present place of residence, that
interest of justice ...