IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision :09.04.2026 GURNAM SINGH ... PETITIONER VERSUS GURDEEP KAUR AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PARMOD GOYAL Present: Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

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PARMOD GOYAL, J. (ORAL)

1. Present revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by petitioner–defendant No. 2 being aggrieved by the impugned order dated 25.03.2026 (Annexure P-13) passed by the learned Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), Nabha, whereby an application filed by defendant No. 2 seeking permission to examine a handwriting and fingerprint expert for comparison of his thumb impression on the Vakalatnama, allegedly filed on his behalf by Sh. R.I.S. Majhail, Advocate, with his standard thumb impression, was dismissed.

2. The facts of the present case are not in dispute. Notice of the suit filed by the plaintiffs–respondents was issued to both the defendants, i.e. defendant Nos. 1 and 2, for 10.03.2021. The summons were duly served upon defendant No. 1 through his nephew, Gurvinder Singh, whereas summons to defendant No. 2 were also duly served through his grandson, Gurvinder