National Thermal Power Corporation ... vs State Of U.P. & Others on 8 April, 2015
63. Now we proceed to next submission of counsel for NTPC. It is contended that sale deed relied on by NTPC has been ignored which amounts to rejection of documents in violation of section 51-A of the Act, 1894. Reliance is placed on two decisions in Vinod Bansal vs. State of Harayana and others, 2013 (5) SCC 622 and Ranvir Singh and another vs. Union of India and others, (2005) 12 SCC 59. Neither the aforesaid submission has any substance nor the aforesaid authorities have any relevance to the case in hand. Section 51-A only talks of admissibility of certified copy as evidence, it reads as under: