https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276387 Secondary evidence by photocopy is not ordinarily admissible under Section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act unless the party relying on it shows that the original cannot be produced for a legally recognised reason. The best evidence rule remains the norm, and photocopies are especially suspect where the originals were allegedly destroyed by the very persons in whose favour the documents created enforceable rights or obligations. In that setting, the Court treated the documents as lacking safe evidentiary character and refused to accept them on a mere request because the risk of alteration or tampering could not be ruled out. Refusal to prove the photocopies was therefore upheld. en-us Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:43:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276387 Secondary evidence by photocopy is not ordinarily admissible under Section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act unless the party relying on it shows that the original cannot be produced for a legally recognised reason. The best evidence rule remains the norm, and photocopies are especially suspect where the originals were allegedly destroyed by the very persons in whose favour the documents created enforceable rights or obligations. In that setting, the Court treated the documents as lacking safe evidentiary character and refused to accept them on a mere request because the risk of alteration or tampering could not be ruled out. Refusal to prove the photocopies was therefore upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276387