SATBEER SINGH Vs. ADDL. COMMISSIONER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard Sri K.N. Rai for the petitioners and Sri Sanjay Kumar Srivastava for the contesting respondents. This writ petition has been filed against the order of Trial Court dated 10.1.2013 by which the Court has summoned Register No. 8 from the Office of Sub Registrar and the order dated 12.3.2014 dismissing the revision of the petitioner against the aforesaid order. A suit under section 229-B has been filed by Satya Veer (respondent-4), claiming his title on the basis of a registered Will dated 14.1.1991, executed by Nihal Singh in his favour. On the allegation that the original will was given to Smt. Prakaso and she was not returning the original will therefore, the certified copy of the Will was filed and in order to prove the genuineness of the certified copy of the Will, Register No. 8 relating to the Will as well as one sale-deed dated 22.6.1988 executed by Nihal Singh was summoned. The Court below by the order dated 10.1.2013 summoned the aforesaid registers. The revision filed by petitioner has been dismissed against it.

(2.) The Counsel for the petitioner submits that the notice as required under section 66 of the Evidence Act, has not been given to Smt. Prakaso, as such, secondary evidence was not admissible. He further submits that the Will was the basis of the suit, as such, the will was required to be filed alongwith the plaint under Order VII, Rule 14, C.P.C., but it has not been filed. In such circumstances, neither the suit was maintainable, nor the secondary evidence can be permitted to be filed by the respondents.

(3.) I have considered the arguments of Counsel for the petitioner and examined the record.