CR No. 5142 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CR No. 5142 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 29.11.2010 Jagir Chand ....Petitioner Versus Baggu Ram ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. O.P. Kamboj, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Arora, Advocate for the respondent. ... Alok Singh, J.(Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner - defendant states that the plaintiff has filed suit for specific performance pursuant to the alleged agreement to sell dated 21.5.1990. He further states that the defendant has denied execution of the agreement to sell and any negotiation about the agreement to sell and has also denied his signatures on the alleged agreement to sell. Learned counsel for the petitioner also states that burden was on the plaintiff to prove execution of the agreement to sell as well as the signatures of the defendant on the agreement to sell. He further states CR No. 5142 of 2010 2 that the plaintiff ought to have called hand-writing expert to prove that in fact the defendant has signed the agreement to sell, which the plaintiff has not done so far. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that any witness orally cannot prove disputed signatures on the alleged agreement to sell, which could have been proved by the plaintiff by producing hand- writing expert. Learned counsel for the petitioner further states that in view of this, he does not press the present petition. Present petition is dismissed as not pressed. ( Alok Singh ) Judge 29.11.2010 sk.