briefly be set out thus:
(a) Ex.A2 is an ancient document as per the Indian Evidence Act and the description as found ... where on the one side, the plaintiffs would rely on the ancient document Ex.A2 and also Ex.A4 - the document
were not parties, yet Ex.A2 is an ancient document, which contemplated such pathway. Normally, no one would venture to specify such a common
grievance in appeal about the way the trial proceeded."
Once a document, which is basically defective has been wrongly entertained ... stretch of imagination, it could be described or labelled as an ancient document. The plaintiff was enjoined to produce antecedent title deed to his sale
sale deed dated 16.10.1917, is an ancient document in favour of the ancestors of the plaintiffs and they had been in possession and enjoyment ... plaintiffs' title is based on Ex.A1-an ancient document, there was no necessity for them to seek for declaration of title
dubbed as bonafide purchasers for value, because, on seeing the ancient documents, they ought to have made enquiries and found out as to whether ... Those documents could rightly be termed as ancient documents as well as anti litem motem documents; which emerged at a time when this dispute
were marked. The witness's document was marked as Ex.X1. Twice the Commissioner was appointed and he submitted his report with sketch ... Predecessor formulated the following substantial questions of law:
"1. Whether ancient documents do not have evidentiary value?
2. Whether anterior documents filed by plaintiff
impugned the genuineness
of Ex.A.17 which is an ancient document of more than 30 years within the meaning
of Section ... document for comparison purpose. There could be no hard and
fast rule that the document to be taken as a sample document for comparison
should