Court shall presume to be genuine every document purporting to be a certificate, certified copy or other document, which is by law declared ... addition to that, the document (Ex. A16) is also ancient document issued by a competent Court in the year 1942. There is absolutely no discrepancy
could be raised that (1) the document has been produced from proper custody and (2) that the original document has been destroyed or lost ... then the presumption under Section 90 is available in respect of ancient documents. It is true that there was some difference of judicial opinion about
sometimes impossible to prove the handwriting or signature or execution of ancient documents after the lapse of many years. It is therefore presumed that ... presumption in respect of anonymous documents. Hence, where an entry in ancient document is not signed by the person who wrote it and there
production of document in the Court may be so long all the persons in whose presence the document was executed might have died ... anonymous.
Generally there is no presumption about recitals in ancient document, but in special circumstances a recital of consideration, legal necessity, etc. may be presumed
granted. After remand, the parties examined some witnesses and produced some ancient documents and it is in these circumstances that when the matter came before
admitted in evidence by the learned Subordinate Judge. They are undoubtedly ancient documents and were admitted as such by the Court below. The plaintiff produced ... impossible to hold that a document must be a forgery because it is not corroborated by evidence of ancient or modern enjoyment or by other
certified copy of a sale deed dated 15.07.1932, an ancient document. The property purchased by Sandyammal under the said sale deed shows the property
attest to the accuracy and
integrity of this document
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Before I deal with the rival contentions ... writing are to be
proved, the document must be proved. Some documents are self-
authenticated such as ancient documents, recorded deeds and other
documents over
fully aware of the fact that Ex.A.2 is an ancient document within
the meaning of section 90 of the Indian Evidence
original document, and that only upon such production can the Court presume that the signature and every other part of the document which purports ... been disputed, may lead to hardship where the original of an ancient document has been lost (though a certified copy is in existence
