Supreme Court of India

Appaiya v. Andimuthu @ Thangapandi & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 525
Bench B.R. Gavai and C.T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 20 September 2023

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Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was correct in holding that owing to the non-production of any document by appellant evincing as to how the sons’ of the seller obtained the suit property in a partition Exhibit A1-registered sale deed whereby the property was sold to the appellant’s vendor, being a registration copy-secondary evidence, could not be admitted in evidence as proof of the contents of its original. Evidence Act, 1872 – s. 65(e), 74, 76, 77 and 79 – Registration Act, 1908 – s. 57(5) – Admissibility in evidence of certifi ed copies in property matters – Certifi ed copy

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