JUDGMENT - Couto, G.F. J.:- This revision application gives rise to an interesting question of law as to the interpretation of Order XIII, Rule 2(2), Civil Procedure Code. Can any document be produced during the cross-examination of a witness under the said sub-rule (2) of Rule 2 of Order XIII, or only some class of documents can be introduced, is the question I am called upon to decide.

2. This question arose in a civil suit pending in the Court of the learned Civil Judge, Junior Division, Panaji. While the plaintiff no. 1 was being cross-examined, the learned advocate appearing for the defendants sought to introduce in evidence two letters, one written by Smt. Laxmibai Sinai Lotlekar to the Village Panchayat of Reis Magos and the other by the said Village Panchayat to the first plaintiff, as well as eight house tax receipts issued in favour of the first defendant in the suit. This was opposed on behalf of the plaintiffs, and ultimately, the learned Judge rejected the application of the defendants on the ground that the said documents did not bear the signature of the witness

3. Mr. A.P. Lawande, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, submitted that the impugned order passe

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