Supreme Court of India

Radha Prasad Singh v. Gajadhar Singh & Others

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Reported as [1960] 1 S.C.R. 663
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 7 September 1959

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Appellate Court, power of-Reversal of finding of fact arrived at by trial Court-Question of credibility of witness-Rule. Although it is well-settled that a court of appeal should not lightly disturb a finding of fact arrived at by the trial Judge who had the opportunity of observing the demeanour of the witnesses and hearing them, that does not mean that an appellate court hearing an appeal on facts can never reverse such a finding. Where the decision on a question of fact depends on a fair consider­ ation of matters on record, and it appears to the Appeal Court that important considerations

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