Prem Chander Jain vs Jagat Parkash Gupta on 4 May, 1988
7. On behalf of the appellant, it has been urged that the
judgment of the trial court is perverse; the trial judge had rightly
rejected the version of DW-6 and DW-7 which was only hearsay.
The documentary evidence adduced by the defendant could not be
relied upon to decipher the intent of the parties. Ex.DW-2/1 and
Ex.DW-2/2 were merely cyclostyled formats of the House Tax
Department. Entire property owned by the plaintiff is about 300
sq. yards of which only 12 to 15 sq. yards are in possession of the
defendant; this is also a deciding factor to determine the intention
of the parties; intent was not to create a lease; it was only a
permissive user granted to the defendant. The finding in the
impugned judgment that merely because the legal notice had been
sent by UPC is not sufficient to hold that it would be suspect
document; such a finding is an illegality. For this proposition
reliance has been placed upon RCR 1974 578 Kishan Chand Vs.
Satya Paul (Delhi); another judgment of the this Court reported in
35 (1998) DLT 279 Prem Chander Jain Vs. Jagat Parkash Gupta. It
is pointed out that even for a communication sent by UPC, a
presumption of service can be raised.