The petitioner/wife filed the present petition under Section 24 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking to withdraw D.O.P.No.1402 of 2024,
on the file of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Guntur and transfer
the same to the Court having jurisdiction at Kurnool District.
2. The case of the petitioner in brief is as follows:
I. The petitioner is the legally wedded wife of the respondent and their
marriage has been performed at Jammalamadugu Town, YSR Kadapa
District on 03.08.2017, as per Christian rites and customs. In view of the
matrimonial disputes between both the parties, the petitioner/wife along
with two children aged about 7 years and 2 years are staying at her
parents’ house at Gnanapuram, Nandyal Post & District and depending
upon the mercy of her parents. The petitioner pleaded that she had
lodged a complaint before Mangalagiri Town Police Station under
Sections 498-A, 420, 506 IPC and under Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry
Prohibition Act vide Cr.No.51 of 2024 and the same is pending for
investigation. The petitioner further pleaded that she had filed a
Domestic Violence Case vide D.V.C.No.3 of 2017, on the file of the I
Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nandyal and a Maintenance
Case vide M.C.(SR)No.1947 of 2025, on the file of the Additional
Judicial First Class Magistrate, Nandyal. The learned counsel for the
petitioner would contend that to cause inconvenience to the petitioner,
the respondent/husband had filed D.O.P.No.1402 of 2024, on the file of
the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Guntur, under Section
10(1)(ix)(x) of the Divorce Act, 1869, seeking for dissolution of marriage.
II. Learned counsel for the petitioner further contended that the petitioner
being a woman and having two children aged about 7 years and 2
years, depending upon the mercy of her parents, it is very difficult for
her to travel at a distance of more than 270Kms from Nandyal to Guntur
District for attending the case proceedings before the learned Principal
District and Sessions Judge, Guntur on each and every date of
adjournment without any male support and that she was constrained to
file the present petition against the respondent/husband seeking to
withdraw D.O.P.No.1402 of 2024, on the file of the Principal District and
Sessions Judge, Guntur, and transfer the same to the Court having
jurisdiction at Kurnool District.
