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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Website / newspaper is secondary evidence

Samant N. Balkrishna v. V. George Fernandes, (1969) 3 SCC 238

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  1. A news item without any further proof of what had actually happened through witnesses is of no value. It is at best a secondhand secondary evidence. It is well-known that reporters collect information and pass if on to the editor who edits the news item and then publishes it. In this process the truth might get perverted or garbled. Such news items cannot be said to prove themselves although they may be taken. into account with other evidence if the other evidence is forcible.

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