Supreme Court of India

Hariom Agrawal v. Prakash Chand Mal Viya

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Reported as [2007] 10 S.C.R. 772
Bench B.N. Agra Wal and P.P. Naolekarand P. Sathasiv Am JJ.
Decided 8 October 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, the appeal fails and is dismissed.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

J, Stamp Act, 1899-ss. 2(14), 33, 35, 37 and 48B-lmpoundingof c document-In a suit photocopy of a document accepted in secondary evidence-On the ground that original was lost-Original document bearing the stamp of sufficient amount, but of improper description- Order of admission of the document insecondary evidence set aside- Order for impounding the document-Correctness of-Held : Impounding of a document can be done only when the document is an instrument within meaning of s. 2(14) i.e. original document- Photocopy of a document cannot be impounded-It also cannot be -t---- accepted as

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