Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 466 · Decided 8 April 2009
Lakshmi & ANR. v. Chinnammal @ Rayyammal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 466 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2243/2009
- Decided
- 8 April 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 227
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - 0.13 r.10 - Genuineness of a deed challenged before civil court - Initiation of criminal proceedings also - In criminal c proceeding deed sent for examination of signature and thumb, impression of the person challenging it, to forensir;; expert - Plaintiffs report ..., regarding handwriting allowed - But application calling for report regarding thumb impression dismissed - Held: D Dismissal of the later application not justified - If bringing on record a document is essential for proving a case, ordinarily the same should not be refused - The
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