Judgment on admission upheld where stamped ledger accounts and dishonoured cheques established liability despite bare denial.

A clear, unequivocal and unambiguous admission is required for judgment on admission under Order XII Rule 6 CPC, and it must be assessed from the document as a whole and the surrounding facts. Stamped ledger accounts and dishonoured cheques issued by the defendant were treated as evidence of the factum of liability, while bare assertions of defective supply and absence of consideration, unsupported by contemporaneous complaint or credible explanation, were insufficient to displace that admission. The plaintiff was therefore entitled to judgment on admission and a decree for the admitted amount with interest.

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Issues: Whether, on the basis of the defendant's stamped ledger accounts and the dishonoured cheques, the plaintiff was entitled to a decree on admission under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

Analysis: The plaintiff relied on ledger accounts bearing the defendant's rubber-stamp and on two cheques issued by the defendant and later dishonoured. The defendant denied certification of the accounts and alleged defective supplies and absence of consideration. The Court held that an admission for the purpose of judgment on admission must be clear, unequivocal and unambiguous, and must be assessed on the totality of the document and the surrounding facts. The defendant did not deny the stamp impression on the ledger accounts, did not disown the cheques, and offered only bald assertions of defective supply and want of consideration without contemporaneous complaint or credible explanation. The conduct disclosed an admission of the liability's factum, and the defence was not sufficient to displace it.

Conclusion: The plaintiff was entitled to judgment on admission, and a decree was warranted for the admitted amount with interest.

Ratio Decidendi: Where a party's stamped acknowledgment of accounts and issued cheques establish the factum of liability, a bare or unsubstantiated denial does not prevent judgment on admission under Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

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