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RUCHIKA SWAIN vs SANDEEP KUMAR MALLICK on 4 October, 2021

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2021 INSC 611T.P.(C) No.-000833 - 2020Official PDFAuthor Shripathi Ravindra BhatBench Shripathi Ravindra BhatAdvocates KEDAR NATH TRIPATHY
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO.833 OF 2020
RUCHIKA SWAIN Petitioner
VERSUS
SANDEEP KUMAR MALLICK 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 Senior Civil Judge, Vizianagaram, Andhra

Pradesh to the Family Court, Cuttack, Odisha.

Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

This Court is of the opinion that the interest of justice

would be best subserved if the proceedings are allowed to continue

in the Court at Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, subject to the

condition that the respondent-husband would pay to the petitioner-

wife a sum of Rs.10000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) for her

expenses on account of travel, boarding and lodging on the date(s)

of hearing or as and when her presence may be required by the Court

concerned. It is clarified that such amount shall be made over by

the respondent to the petitioner on every date when she attends the

Mukesh NasaDate: Court2021.10.08 at Vizianagaram.

Having regard to overall circumstances of the case, this Court

is of the opinion that the Court at Vizianagaram should decide

H.M.O.P. No.106/2019 on merits as expeditiously as possible and in

any case within a year from today.

The Transfer Petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms.