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81. Learned trial Judge also considered the submissions of Patanges that the said Halnama being an ancient document, under section 90 of the Evidence Act, existence of the said document was deemed to have been proved. Learned trial Judge however, negatived the contention of the Patanges that since a presumption can be drawn in respect of the document which was more than 30 years old, the contents of the said document also can be considered as proof without separately proving the contents thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Evidence Act. It is also held that Patanges had not even filed the suit initially ascertaining their claim on the basis of the said Halnama. They had neither amended the plaint kvm SA148.16 as per the alleged details of document and thus the said alleged document could not be considered as reliable one. Learned trial Court held the testimonies of the witnesses, Dipak, Maruti, Shaju did not appear to be relevant as there was no corroborative evidence to their testimonies.