Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1012 · Decided 8 October 2007
Hariom Agrawal v. Prakash Chand Mal Viya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1012 · [2007] 10 S.C.R. 772
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4696/2007
- Decided
- 8 October 2007
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, P.P. NAOLEKAR, P. SATHASIVAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Stamp Act Section 2(14), 33, 35, 37, 48B
Headnote
. .J, Stamp Act, 1899-ss. 2(14), 33, 35, 37 and 48B-lmpoundingof c document-In a suit photocopy of a document accepted in secondary evidence-On the ground that original was lost-Original document bearing the stamp of sufficient amount, but of improper description- Order of admission of the : D Impounding of a document can be done only when the document is an instrument within meaning of s. 2(14) i.e. original document- Photocopy of a document cannot be impounded-It also cannot be -t---- accepted as secondary evidence-Madhya Pradesh Stamp Rules, 1942-r. 19-EvidenceAct, 1872-s. 63. E
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