https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108935 Documents created in anticipation of litigation for seeking legal advice or for use in pending or contemplated proceedings are protected by legal professional privilege under sections 126 and 129 of the Indian Evidence Act. The Court accepted that the 21 disputed documents were prepared when litigation was reasonably in prospect and that their dominant purpose was connected with legal advice and conduct of litigation, while rejecting an unparticularised challenge based on alleged illegality in procurement. It further held that a privilege holder may seek restraint before actual tender in evidence, and the respondents were restrained from using copies of the privileged documents, including as secondary evidence. en-us Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:47:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108935 Documents created in anticipation of litigation for seeking legal advice or for use in pending or contemplated proceedings are protected by legal professional privilege under sections 126 and 129 of the Indian Evidence Act. The Court accepted that the 21 disputed documents were prepared when litigation was reasonably in prospect and that their dominant purpose was connected with legal advice and conduct of litigation, while rejecting an unparticularised challenge based on alleged illegality in procurement. It further held that a privilege holder may seek restraint before actual tender in evidence, and the respondents were restrained from using copies of the privileged documents, including as secondary evidence. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=108935