Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 778 · Decided 21 October 2011
Jaswant Singh v. Gurdev Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 778 · [2011] 15 S.C.R. 282
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8879/2011
- Decided
- 21 October 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 7, 74
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - ss. 7 4, 76, 77 and 78 - Compromise Decree - Admissibility of - Held: Compromise Decree is a C public document in terms of s. 7 4 - Certified copy of public document prepared uls. 76 is admissible in evidence uls. 77 - A certified copy of a public document is admissible in by calling witness - In the instant case, a decree was passed and drafted in the light of o the compromise entered into between the parties and a certified copy of such document was produced before the Court, hence, there was presumption as to genuineness of such certified copy u/s. 78 - The
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