A.Venkat Rao and 7 Others v. P.Jayaraman and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: secondary evidence; Judge's summons; photo copies; misplaced originals; permission to file additional documents; counter affidavit; objections on admissibility, relevance and proof reserved for trial; Madras High Court; application in civil suit C.S.No.502 of 2008. No section of the Evidence Act, IPC/BNS or other statute is cited; no precedent is cited; quantum nil; short interim-order-type ruling disposing of a documentary-filing application.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to defendants 3 to 10 to file the eleven documents listed in the Judge's summons relying on photo copies as secondary evidence, subject to the respondents' objections inter alia on admissibility, relevance and proof in course of trial. ¶¶25