Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1314 · Decided 5 August 2022
Ruchi Rawat v. Principal Judge, Family Court Etah & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1314 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1148
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5218/2022
- Decided
- 5 August 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 25, 24; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: s. 25 - Transfer of matters - Power of - Held: In matrimonial matters generally, it is wife's convenience which must be looked at while considering the transfer - On facts, appellant-wife having no source of income, in Mathura and was financially and emotionally dependent on them, and being a lady was not in a position to travel all the way from Mathura to Etah in order to prosecute the case filed by respondent no. 2-husband at Etah - Thus, it is just and proper to transfer the suit filed by
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