Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Raj Narain & Ors.

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Reported as [1975] 3 S.C.R. 333

Decided 24 January 1975

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c Indian Evidence Act, ss. 123 and 162--Scope of. . Section 123 of the Evidence Act states that no one shaU be permitted to give any evidence derived from unpublished official records relating to any affair of State except with the permission of the Officer at the Head of the Department con· cerned who shall give or withhold such permission as he thinks fit., Section 162 provides that when a witness brings to Cou1i a document in pursuance of summons and then raises an objection to its production or admissibility the Court has to · determine the validity of the objection to the production or

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