SATYA PRAKASH Vs. DEVA RAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision petition has been filed under Section 115, CPC against the order of the Addl. District Judge, No. 2. Sri Ganganagar dt. 30 -5 -88 by which he rejected the petitioners application moved under Section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act seeking permission for producing secondary evidence to prove Will executed by Smt. Gauran. The facts giving rise to this revision petition may be summarised thus:

(2.) IN the proceedings relating to the preparation of the final decree, a Will was set up by the non -petitioners in their defence. An application Under Section 65, Evidence Act was moved by them for permission to produce secondary evidence of the will on the ground that it is mis -placed or lost along with an affidavit of the petitioner Satya Prakash. The non -petitioner Devaram did not file any reply to this application. After hearing the parties, the learned trial court rejected the application by its order under revision.

(3.) IN reply, it is contended by the learned Counsel for the non -petitioner that the revision petition is not maintainable, the order of the learned trial court is discretionary and it is quite valid. He further contended that details of the search made by the petitioners are not even mentioned in the application and the affidavit. He also contended that the evidence of the parties have been closed, the date has been fixed for final arguments and as such there is now no question of taking evidence of the any party. He relied upon AIR 1968 Calcutta 532 AIR 1977 SC 1565 and AIR 1973 Rajasthan 263.