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The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: page 118

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their power, possession, control or custody or where a Court holds that inspection or copies of any
documents had been wrongfully or unreasonably withheld or refused.
    4. Admission and denial of documents.—(1) Each party shall submit a statement of admissions or
denials of all documents disclosed and of which inspection has been completed, within fifteen days of the
completion of inspection or any later date as fixed by the Court.
    (2) The statement of admissions and denials shall set out explicitly, whether such party was admitting
or denying:—
        (a) correctness of contents of a document;
        (b) existence of a document;
        (c) execution of a document;
        (d) issuance or receipt of a document;
        (e) custody of a document.
    Explanation.––A statement of admission or denial of the existence of a document made in accordance
with sub-rule (2)(b) shall include the admission or denial of the contents of a document.
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    (3) Each party shall set out reasons for denying a document under any of the above grounds and bare
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and unsupported denials shall not be deemed to be denials of a document and proof of such documents
may then be dispensed with at the discretion of the Court.
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   (4) Any party may however submit bare denials for third party documents of which the party denying
does not have any personal knowledge of, and to which the party denying is not a party to in any manner
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    (5) An Affidavit in support of the statement of admissions and denials shall be filed confirming the
correctness of the contents of the statement.
     (6) In the event that the Court holds that any party has unduly refused to admit a document under any
of the above criteria, – costs (including exemplary costs) for deciding on admissibility of a document may
be imposed by the Court on such party.
    (7) The Court may pass orders with respect to admitted documents including for waiver of further
proof thereon or rejection of any documents.
    5. Production of documents.—(1) Any party to a proceeding may seek or the Court may order, at
any time during the pendency of any suit, production by any party or person, of such documents in the
possession or power of such party or person, relating to any matter in question in such suit.
     (2) Notice to produce such document shall be issued in the Form provided in Form No. 7 in
Appendix C to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
     (3) Any party or person to whom such notice to produce is issued shall be given not less than seven
days and not more than fifteen days to produce such document or to answer to their inability to produce
such document.
     (4) The Court may draw an adverse inference against a party refusing to produce such document after
issuance of a notice to produce and where sufficient reasons for such non-production are not given and
order costs.
     6. Electronic records.—(1) In case of disclosures and inspection of Electronic Records (as defined in
the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), furnishing of printouts shall be sufficient compliance
of the above provisions.
     (2) At the discretion of the parties or where required (when parties wish to rely on audio or video
content), copies of electronic records may be furnished in electronic form either in addition to or in lieu of
printouts.


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