Balbir Singh Negi vs Union Of India & Ors on 25 March, 1996
It is settled law that a document
does not prove itself; the contents thereof have to be proved by examining a
witness [see Roop Singh Negi vs. Union of India, reported in (2009) 2 SCC 570
and Shri Swapan Ray vs. Indian Airlines Limited & ors, reported in 1996 (1) CHN
147].