IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 156 OF 2020
KUSUM ALIAS MAMTA BHAWARLALJI KHINWASARA PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
ARVINDKUMAR ALIAS AMIT SURESHKUMAR BAFNA RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
The petitioner-wife has filed the petition under Section
25 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 before this Court
seeking transfer of Case bearing P.A. No. 1012 of 2019 titled
“Arvindkumar alias Amit Sureshkumar Bafna Vs. Kusum alias Mamta
Bhawarlalji Khinwasara”, pending before the Family Court, Pune
at Pune, Maharashtra to the Court of Competent Jurisdiction at
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking
into consideration the grounds taken in the transfer petition,
we direct the transfer of Case bearing P.A. No. 1012 of 2019
titled “Arvindkumar alias Amit Sureshkumar Bafna Vs. Kusum
alias Mamta Bhawarlalji Khinwasara”,pending before the Family
Court, Pune at Pune, Maharashtra to the Court of Competent
Jurisdiction at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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T.P.(C) NO. 156 OF 2020
Let the record of the case be transferred without delay.
The Transferee Court before proceeding to consider the
matter on merits shall make an attempt to settle the matter
between the parties if necessary, by referring to mediation and
only if the mediation fails, the matter shall be taken on
merits.
Further, in the facts of the pr...