MOHINDERPAL SINGH PAKHO Vs. BALVIR SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Denzing Municipal Art Museum was very proud of its collection of art. Amongst them hung two paintings by famous artists, Breughel and Van Dyck, that is until the Breughel mysteriously fell off the wall in 1972. To the consternation of the museum staff, it was found that it was not the famous original, but a picture cut from a magazine. After a panic examination, it was found that the Van Dyck was also reproduction from a magazine.

(2.) It remained a mystery as to when the pictures were switched, though a scientific examination of the frames and magazine cuttings showed that they had been hanging in the gallery for about 10 years before the theft was discovered. Indeed, these are some of the fantastic facts.

(3.) This, in fact, is the basic controversy in the present election petition filed by Mohinderpal Singh, hereinafter described as "the petitioner" against Balvir Singh s/o Nahar Singh, hereinafter described as "the respondent".