Proper verification of affidavits requires disclosure of knowledge, belief, and source; defective affidavits carry no evidentiary value.

Affidavits under Order 19 Rule 3(1) CPC must ordinarily be confined to facts within the deponent's own knowledge; in interlocutory matters, statements on belief may be allowed only if the grounds and source are stated. Where an affidavit does not disclose the basis of information or belief, it is not properly verified and cannot be treated as reliable evidence. On that standard, the supporting and replying affidavits were found defective and were treated as valueless.

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Issues: Whether affidavits must be confined to facts within the deponent's own knowledge or, where statements are made on belief or information, whether the grounds and source thereof must be stated, and whether improperly verified affidavits have evidentiary value.

Analysis: Order 19 Rule 3(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure requires affidavits to be limited to matters within the deponent's own knowledge, except on interlocutory applications where statements based on belief may be permitted if the grounds are stated. Where an affidavit is affirmed without a proper disclosure of the source of information or the basis of belief, it is not in accordance with the rule and cannot be treated as a reliable affidavit. On that footing, the affidavits filed in support and in reply were held to be defective.

Conclusion: The affidavits were not properly verified and were treated as valueless.

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