11. A judgment in another suit winch is not Inter partes may be evidence under Section 13 of the Evidence Act for certain purposes, namely to prove the fact of the judgment; to show who the parties to the suit were; to show what was the subject-matter of the suit; to show what was decided or declared by the judgment; to show what documents had been filed by the parties in the proceedings; to establish the transaction referred to in the judgment; as evidence to show the conduct of the parties or particular instances of the exercise of a right or assertion of title (vide Harihar Prasad Singh v. Must. of Munshi Narh Prasad, 1956 SCR 1 at p. 6: ((S) AIR 1956 SC 305 at p. 309))or to identity property; or to show how properly had been previously dealt with; to establish a particular transaction in which a right is asserted and the name of the person, if any, who is declared in the judgment as entitled to possession; but the judgment is not evidence to establish the truth of the matters decided in that judgment.
"(11) A judgment in another suit which is not inter partes may be evidence under section 13 of the Evidence Act for certain purposes, namely to prove the fact of the judgment; to show who the parties to the suit were; to show what was the subject matter of the suit; to show what was decided or declared by the judgment; to show what documents had been filed by the parties in the proceedings; to establish the transaction referred to in the judgment; as evidence to show the conduct of the parties or particular instances of the exercise of a right or assertion of title Vide Harihar Prasad Singh v. Must. of Munshi Nath Prasad, 1956 S.C.R. 1 at p. 6: (S) A.I.R. 1956 S.C. 305 at p. 309 or to identify property; or to show how property had been previously dealt with; to establish a particular transaction in which a right is asserted and the name of the person, if any, who is declared in the judgment as entitled to possession; but the judgment is not evidence to establish the truth of the matters decided in that judgment.
11. A judgment in another suit which is not inter partes may be evidence under Section 13 of the Evidence Act for certain purposes, namely to prove the fact of the judgment; to show who the parties to the suit were; to show what was the subject matter of the suit; to show what was decided or declared by the judgment; to show what documents had been filed by Page 0769 the parties in the proceedings; to establish the transaction referred to in the judgment; as evidence to show the conduct of the parties or particular instances of the exercise of a right or assertion of title (vide Harihar Prasad Singh v. Must. of Munshi Nath Prasad), 1956 S.C.R. 1 at p.6 : (S) A.I.R. 1956 S.C.305 at p.309 or to identify property; or to show how property had been previously dealt with; to establish a particular transaction in which a right is asserted and the name of the person, if any, who is declared in the judgment as entitled to possession; but the judgment is not evidence to establish the truth of the matters decided in that judgment. The findings of fact arrived at on the evidence in one case are not evidence of that fact in another case. The reasons upon which a judgment is founded cannot be regarded as, nor can any finding of fact there come to other than the transaction itself be, relevant in another case.
A judgment in another suit which is not inter partes may be evidence for certain purposes, namely, to prove the fact of the judgment; to show who the parties to the suit were; to show what was the subject-matter of the suit; to show what was decided or declared by the judgment; to show what documents had been filed by the parties in the proceedings; to establish the transaction referred to in the judgment; as evidence to show the conduct of the parties or particular instances of the exercise of a right or assertion of title vide : Harihar Prasad Singh v. Must. Of Munshi Nath Prasad (1956) S.C.R. 1, 6), or to identify property; or to show how property had been previously dealt with; to establish a particular transaction in which a right is asserted and the name of the person, if any, who is declared in the judgment as entitled to possession; but the judgment is not evidence to establish the truth of the matters decided in that judgment.
The other decision on which Mr. Misra relies is Harihar
Prasad Singh &Another v. Must. of Munshi Nath Prasad &
Others. (1) In that case it was held that the persons
inducted by mortgagees could be raiyats within the meaning
of s. 5(3) of the Bihar Tenancy Act so as to acquire any
rights of occupancy under S. 21 of the said Act. This
conclusion, however, flows from the basic fact that the
mortgagees who inducted the tenants into the land were
neither proprietors nor tenure holders as defined by the
said Act. Section 5(3) of the said Act provides that a
person shall not be deemed to be a raiyat unless he holds
land either immediately under a proprietor or immediately
under a tenure-holder; and so, when tenants claimed the
status of a raiyat, in that case it became necessary to
consider whether they held the land under a proprietor or
under a tenureholder, and since it was clear that the
mortgagees were neither proprietors nor tenure-holders, the
tenants inducted by them could not claim the benefit of S.
5(3). It would thus be seen that this decision turns
inevitably upon the relevant provisions of the Bihar Act and
the said provisions show that no statutory benefit had been
conferred on the tenants as claimed by them under S. 5(3) of
the said Act. This decision therefore does not lay down any
general proposition on which Mr. Misra can possibly rely.
This view has since then been approved of by this Court
in Harihar Prasad v. Must. of Munshi Nath Prasad(3). The
High Court therefore was not entitled to presume from the
production of the copy either the execution or the
attestation of the said will.
In the
meantime, Rajasthan Tenancy Act of 1955 had been introduced
and the tenant claimed protection against eviction under it.
This Court after referring to Mahabir Gope and Others v.
Harbans Narain Singh and others and Harihar Prasad Singh and
Another v. Must. of Manshi Nath Prasad and Others held that
rights of the tenants inducted by the mortgagee may
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conceivably be improved by virtue of statutory provisions
which may meanwhile come into operation. Such a case would
clearly be an exception to the general rule prescribed by
the Transfer of Property Act that mortgagee in course of
management cannot create an interest which would endure
beyond the redemption of mortgage.
The Court explained Harihar Prasad Singh's case as
having been decided on the peculiar facts of the case, viz,.
that in that case the tenants were not entitled under the
Local law to invoke the protection of that law.