IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
Md Tayab Ali – Appellant
Versus
On The Death Of Naimuddin His Legal Heirs Namely, Sri Babur Ali – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, J.
1. Heard Ms. R. Choudhury, learned counsel for the appellants, and Mr. D. Kalita, learned counsel for the respondents.
2. This Regular Second Appeal is directed against the Judgment & Decree dated 30.06.2015, passed by the learned Civil Judge, Dhubri, in Title Appeal No. 60/2008, affirming the Judgment & Decree dated 30.08.2008 passed by the Munsiff No. 1, Dhubri in Title Suit No. 189/93, thereby dismissing the appeal on contest.
3. At the time of admission, the following substantial questions of law were framed:-
(i) Whether the learned Courts below committed error in holding the Exts. 1 and 2 are inadmissible although the same were brought on record without objection?
(ii) Whether the learned Courts below committed error in not declaring the right, title and interest of the plaintiff over the suit land on the basis of the proved document?
4. Before dealing with the aforesaid questions, it would be apposite to briefly advert to the facts of the case.
5. The plaintiffs/appellants have pleaded that one Kharia Sk, the predecessor in interest of the plaintiffs as well as the defendant no: 1 and 2 and the pro forma defendants owned and possessed a plot of la
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Photocopies of public documents are admissible as evidence if authenticated by testimony, mitigating previous rejections based on technical evidence rules.
The court established that secondary evidence is inadmissible without a foundational explanation for the absence of primary evidence, emphasizing strict adherence to evidentiary rules.
The court ruled that while a certified copy of a sale deed is admissible as secondary evidence, it does not suffice to prove the execution of the deed, which must demonstrate intention and legal vali....
Certified copies can serve as secondary evidence in property disputes when originals are lost, with timely objections being critical in admissibility issues.
The admissibility of certified copies of public documents does not equate to proof of the truth of their contents; such truth must be established through oral evidence.
(1) Secondary evidence – Certified copy of a sale deed could be produced as secondary evidence of public document and could be produced in proof of contents of public document or part of public docum....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the party seeking to admit secondary evidence must establish the non-production of the original document as required under the Indian Evidence....
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