Syed Basheer Ahmed vs Tinni Laboratories Private Limited 2025 INSC 1030 - S.73 Evidence Act - Material Alteration
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Indian Evidence Act 1872- Section 73 - In finding material alteration the courts are not obliged to always refer it to an expert; especially when it is clearly discernible on a mere perusal of the document, that too written in a different ink. (Para 9)
Code of Civil Procedure 1908- The plaintiff should establish his case before the defendant is called upon to offer his defense by disproving the case of the plaintiff and rebutting any presumption that could have been drawn from the circumstances. (Para 6)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Syed Basheer Ahmed v. M/s. Tinni Laboratories Private Limited & Anr.
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1030
Coram (Judges)
- Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
- Justice K. Vinod Chandran
Judgment Date
- Date: August 21, 2025
Caselaws and Citations Referred
- Seth Loonkaran Sethiya v. Mr. Ivan E. John and Ors.
- Citation: (1977) 1 SCC 379
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Section 73 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
