Section 74 Indian Evidence Act

IEA 74 : Section 74 of the Indian Evidence Act:

Public documents.—The following documents are public documents :—

(1) Documents forming the acts, or records of the acts—

(i) of the sovereign authority,

(ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and

(iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, 1[of any part of India or of the Commonwealth], or of a foreign country; 1[of any part of India or of the Commonwealth], or of a foreign country;"

(2) Public records kept 2[in any State] of private documents.

India's Important Case Laws and Landmark Judgments on IEA - Section 74 Indian Evidence Act 1872:

State Of Madras vs G. Krishnan on 22 August, 1960 - Madras High Court 

Amin Shariff vs Emperor on 21 February, 1934 - Calcutta High Court 

Queen-Empress vs Arumugam And Ors. on 30 April, 1897 - Madras High Court 

Arumugam And Ors. vs Karuppayi on 30 April, 1897 - Madras High Court 

Smt. Rekha Rana And Ors. vs Smt. Ratnashree Jain on 17 August, 2005 - Madhya Pradesh High Court 

Rama Rao vs Venkataramayya. on 13 March, 1940 - Madras High Court 

Katikineni Venkata Gopala vs Chitluri Venkataramayya on 30 April, 1940 - Madras High Court 

A. Abdul Shukoor And Co. vs The Union Of India (Uoi) on 1 December, 1969 - Madras High Court 

Dibakar Mahato And Ors. vs Bhagabat Ch. Mahato And Ors. on 30 April, 1993 - Calcutta High Court 

Jamuna Prasad & Ors. vs Shivnandan & Ors on 29 July, 2011 - Madhya Pradesh High Court