In Brief
This case concerns a transfer petition seeking to shift a divorce petition from the Family Court at Indore. The respondent sought the transfer claiming bias against him by the local judiciary, alleging that the petitioner's family wielded undue influence through social connections with judicial officers. The Supreme Court dismissed these allegations, finding that photographs from a public Bar Association cricket tournament and the petitioner's brother's social media presence do not constitute evidence of actual or perceived bias. The Court held that concrete evidence is necessary to establish judicial bias, not mere speculation based on social associations, and allowed the transfer petition to proceed as originally filed."
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