Marking of a Document as Exhibit is Not Proof of its Contents

The legal position is not in dispute that mere production and marking of a document as exhibit by the Court cannot be held to be a due proof of its contents. Its execution has to be proved by admissible evidence.

“16. ………………..The legal position is not in dispute that mere production and marking of a document as exhibit by the Court cannot be held to be a due proof of its contents. Its execution has to be proved by admissible evidence that is by the ‘evidence of those persons who can vouchsafe for the truth of the facts in issue’…………”

Supreme Court
Arbada Devi Gupta vs Birendra Kumar Jaiswal and Anr. (2003) 8 SCC 745