Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 836 · Decided 6 November 2015
Rakesh Mohindra v. Anita Beri and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 836 · [2015] 13 S.C.R. 1158
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 13361/2015
- Decided
- 6 November 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 63, 65; Specific Relief Act Section 34, 38
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - ss. 63, 65 - Leading of secondary c evidence - Admissibility of documents - On facts, order passed by the trial court allowing appellant to lead secondary evidence of the contents of the documents - Said order set aside by High Court - Sustainability of - Held: Not sustainable of leading D secondary evide_nce - Trial court noticed that the photocopy of the document came from the custody of DEO and the witness, who brought the record, was examined as witness­ There was compliance of the provisions of s. 65 - Merely because the signatures in some of the documents
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