Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 139 · Decided 14 March 2005
State of Punjab v. Mohinder Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 139 · [2005] 2 S.C.R. 758
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1730/2005
- Decided
- 14 March 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act Section 32
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872-Section 32 Clause (5)-Date of birth-Proof of­ Horoscope-Evidentiary value of-Held : Horoscope is a weak piece of evidence to prove age of a person and cannot be relied upon unless its C authenticity is proved by cogent evidence-Cannot be given primacy over the school leaving of birth to be 1.10.34. On a complaint, an enquiry was conducted and it was found that his actual date of birth wa~ 25.11.31. Thereupon, D Deputy Commissioner dismissed him from service. He unsuccessfully preferred appeal before Commissioner. Thereafter, Respondent filed suit for declaration
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