Supreme Court of India

Narbada Devi Gupta v. Birendra Kumar Jaiswal and Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 90
Bench Shivaraj V. Patil and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.
Decided 3 November 2003

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal fails and is, accordingly, dismissed but in the circumstances, we leave the parties to bear their own costs in this appeal.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Evidence Act, I 872-Documentary Evidence-Proof of execution-Suit for recovery of possession of suit premises alleging forcible possession- Defendant's claim to be in possession as a tenant-Production of rent-receipts having signature of plaintiff-Admission of signature by plaintiff-Documents marked as exhibits-Admissibility and evidentiary value of the rent receipts­ Decree of suit by trial Court-Dismissal of appeal by High Court-On appeal, held: Suit liable to be dismissed-The documents are admissible as the same and the signatures thereon were admitted and they were marked as exhibits.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.