Smt Dakshayani D/O. Ramanna v. Sri Kumar Swami S/O. Basappa
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition under Article 227 seeking certiorari against Family Court order allowing production of a second compact disc / CD of electronic documents under Order 7 Rule 14 and Order 18 Rule 17 CPC in M.C.No.30/2021 (Principal Family Court Judge, Koppal); Karnataka HC Dharwad, Suraj Govindaraj J, 20-01-2025; held: duplicate electronic data testable by cross-examination of respondent; trial court competent to eschew marked CD; no infirmity; petition disposed. Keywords: compact disc, electronic records, duplicate evidence, production of documents, cross-examination, eschew evidence, GM-CPC, WP No. 100239 of 2025, NC: 2025:KHC-D:943.
What did the court decide?
Even if the submission that the second compact disc duplicates the first is accepted, it is always available to the petitioner to cross-examine the respondent as regards the identicalness of the electronic data produced.