Loose papers not giving full details are dumb documents with no evidentiary value

It was held that impounded loose sheet can at the most be termed as “dumb document” which did not contain full details about the dates, and its contents were not corroborated by any material and could not relied upon and made the basis of addition. Relevant Extract of the Judgment 25. Coming to the evidentiary value of the impounded loose sheet mentioned elsewhere, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Common Cause (A Registered Society) and Others vs. Union of India and Others in Writ Petition Civil Appeal No. 505 of 2015 has observed as under:- 16. With respect to the kind of materi...