2000 INSC 0207
                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA AIR 2000 3529(1)

                                                 Theja V. Nagarjuna

                                                           Vs.

                                                     V. Nagarjuna

                                    Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 861 of 1999

                                    (V. N. Khare and N. Santosh Hegde, JJ.)

                                                      11.02.2000

                                                      ORDER:-

1. This petition is filed seeking transfer of Divorce Petition O. P. No. 7/99 pending before I Senior
Civil Judge, Ranga Reddi District Court, Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad, to the Family Court at
Bangalore.

2. Notice was issued to the respondent and the office report shows that although the respondent has
been served but has not put in appearance in this case. We, therefore, decide the matter ex parte.

3. In the petition, petitioner has stated that she is unable to meet the expenditure of travel to
Hyderabad from Bangalore for attending the day-to-day proceeding of the divorce petition and
moreover she has a minor son and excepting her aged parents there is none to accompany her to
Hyderabad.
4. The petitioner has already filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights, which is pending
before the Family Court, Bangalore.

5. Under such circumstances, we transfer Divorce Petition O. P. No. 7/99 titled V. Nagarjuna v. V.
Theja, pending before I Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District Court, Saroor Nagar, Hyderabad to
Family Court at Bangalore to be heard and decided along with M. C. No. 632/99, pending before
the Family Court at Bangalore.

Order accordingly.