https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279367 A registered sale deed remains a private document; only the registration office record in Book 1 is a public document, and a certified copy issued from that record is a certified copy of a public record. A certified copy of the sale deed itself is not admissible as secondary evidence of the original unless the statutory foundation for secondary evidence is first laid. Mere production of the certified copy does not prove execution of the original deed, because registration only shows presentation and copying in the register, not due execution. An order admitting secondary evidence on the assumption that the deed was public was held unsustainable. en-us Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:00:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279367 A registered sale deed remains a private document; only the registration office record in Book 1 is a public document, and a certified copy issued from that record is a certified copy of a public record. A certified copy of the sale deed itself is not admissible as secondary evidence of the original unless the statutory foundation for secondary evidence is first laid. Mere production of the certified copy does not prove execution of the original deed, because registration only shows presentation and copying in the register, not due execution. An order admitting secondary evidence on the assumption that the deed was public was held unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279367