https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174823 A witness's signature on a deposition recorded on commission under Rule 4 of Chapter XXII of the Calcutta High Court Rules, 1914 was held to be directory rather than mandatory. The essential requirements were that the deposition be taken down, read over, and corrected where necessary; once those steps were duly complied with and the correctness and authenticity of the evidence were undisputed, the absence of the witness's signature amounted only to a technical defect. The ruling favoured a construction of procedural rules that advances justice and avoids needless exclusion of reliable evidence. en-us Tue, 19 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:09:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174823 A witness's signature on a deposition recorded on commission under Rule 4 of Chapter XXII of the Calcutta High Court Rules, 1914 was held to be directory rather than mandatory. The essential requirements were that the deposition be taken down, read over, and corrected where necessary; once those steps were duly complied with and the correctness and authenticity of the evidence were undisputed, the absence of the witness's signature amounted only to a technical defect. The ruling favoured a construction of procedural rules that advances justice and avoids needless exclusion of reliable evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Sep 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174823