State Of Kerala vs K.T. Shaduli Yusuff Etc on 15 March, 1977
The Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Kerala vs. K.T. Shaduli
Grocery Dealer AIR 1977 SC 1627, recognised the importance of oral
evidence by holding that the opportunity to prove the correctness or
completeness of the return necessarily carry with it the right to examine
witnesses and that includes equally the right to cross-examine
witnesses.