Akbarbhai Kesarbhai Sipai vs Mohanbhai Ambabhai Patel Since Decd. ... on 12 July, 2019
"Section 65, Evidence Act sets out the cases in which
secondary evidence is admissible. It was argued that this
falls under Clause (e) "when the original is a public
document within the meaning of Section 74" because
Section 74 states that the following are public
documents, namely, "(2) public records kept in British
India of private documents". The argument is not well
founded. Section 65 applies only when the original is a
public document. It would, for example, be absurd to
contend that a private sale deed or mortgage can be
proved by the production of a certified copy obtained
from the Sub-Registrar's office and nothing more.
"(Emphasis supplied)
108.4 In Subudhi Padhan v. Raghu Bhuvan, AIR 1962
Ori 40,, a learned single Judge of the Orissa High Court, held
that marking of a certified copy of a registered mortgage deed
which is admissible as , secondary evidence does not dispense
with the proof of actual execution. He observed: