RAM JAS Vs. SURENDRA NATH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The following question of law has been referred to us for our opinion :-

(2.) Section 90 of the Evidence Act was amended by the U. P. Civil Laws (Reforms and Amendment) Act 34 of 1954, in two ways. The existing section was renumbered as Section 90 (1) and for the words "thirty years" the words "twenty years" were substituted and Sub-section (2) was added which was in the following terms:-

(3.) After Section 90 Section 90-A was added which runs as under:-