Section 79 Indian Evidence Act

IEA 79 : Section 79 of the Indian Evidence Act:

Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies.—The Court shall presume 1[to be genuine] every document purporting to be a certificate, certified copy, or other document, which is by law declared to be admissible as evidence of any particular fact and which purports to be duly certified by any officer 2[of the Central Government or of a State Government, or by any officer 3[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir] who is duly authorized thereto by the Central Government]: Provided that such document is substantially in the form and purports to be executed in the manner directed by law in that behalf. The Court shall also presume that any officer by whom any such document purports to be signed or certified held, when he signed it, the official character which he claims in such paper.

India's Important Case Laws and Landmark Judgments on IEA - Section 79 Indian Evidence Act 1872:

Nagpur Bench vs Unknown on 11 September, 2009 - Bombay High Court 

Govind vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 15 May, 2001 - Madhya Pradesh High Court 

Madivadhanam vs Saroja on 20 April, 2012 - Madras High Court 

Smt. Vasudha Gorakhnath vs The City And Industrial on 17 April, 2008 - Bombay High Court 

Brigadiar Harjit Singh vs Rangmahal Theatre A Partnership on 20 December, 2007 - Bombay High Court 

Kanhaiya Bhalotia vs The Union Of India Through The on 26 September, 2013 - Patna High Court 

Govind Ram vs Abdul Wahab on 18 April, 1963 - Rajasthan High Court 

Statesman Clerical Staff vs State Of West Bengal And Ors. on 22 January, 2002 - Calcutta High Court 

C.H. Shah vs S.S. Malpathak And Ors. on 5 August, 1971 - Bombay High Court 

Kanhaiya Bhalotia vs The Union Of India on 26 September, 2013 - Patna High Court