K. GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI
Alagarakkal – Appellant
Versus
Kandhavel – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India, to set aside the fair and executable order dated 10.011.2022 passed in the application in I.A.No.1 of 2022 in O.S.No.100 of 2019 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Mudukulathur.)
1. This civil revision petition is preferred as against the order passed in I.A.No.1 of 2022 in O.S.No.100 of 2019, dated 10.11.2022, by the learned Subordinate Judge, Mudukulathur.
2. According to the revision petitioner, the suit in O.S.No.100 of 2019 on the file of the Sub Court, Mudukulathur, was preferred by the respondent/plaintiff for the recovery of sum of Rs.4,61,867/- with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of plaint till the date of realisation and for permanent injunction restraining the respondent/plaintiff from alienating and encumbering the suit property. During the pendency of the suit, the petitioner/first defendant filed an application in I.A.No.1 of 2022 under Section 45, 73 of Indian Evidence Act and Order 26 Rule 10-A of Code of Civil Procedure to send Ex.A1-Promissory Note, dated 01.08.2018, for comparing the signatures of the petitioner/first defendant in Ex.A2-sale deed, date
The time gap between admitted and disputed documents need not be within three years for signature comparison, and the court should consider the defendant's plea in the written statement when deciding....
The discretion of the court to seek expert opinion on disputed signatures is upheld, regardless of time gaps between signatures on different documents.
The court has the discretion to seek expert opinion on the comparison of disputed and admitted signatures under Section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and there is no fixed time limit for filin....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of expert opinions on identity of handwriting and the comparison of signatures, as provided under Section 45 and Section 73 of the I....
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