Jurisdiction for maintenance case

Pawan Kumar (Querist) 19 December 2018 This query is : Resolved
One lady of our family was living in Jodhpur ( Rajsthan)with her husband and two minor children.Marriage happened in approx 18 years back in Bharatpur( Native place of Husband). The parental house of lady is in Ludhiana (Punjab). Her husband is a govt employee in Jodhpur due to which they are living in Jodhpur in rented house. Now Lady is living in Her parental house with her parents with reason of bad behaviour of Her husband . Lady was a house wife so was not working. She want to get separate due to very bad behaviour of her husband. First she want to file the maintenance case so which place will be the jurisdiction to file the case of maintenance Jodhpur where they were living last , Bharatpur where marriage happened and in-laws of lady are there or Ludhiana where there is a parental house of the lady. Kindly advise

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Dr J C Vashista (Expert) 19 December 2018
She can invoke jurisdiction of either of the Family / District Courts it is her choice..
Best and most convenient for her should be Ludhiana Courts where she is presently residing.