Adverse inference- Party not entering witness box- only filing statement of oath- Adverse inference can be drawn

Citation
CDJ 1999 SC 1017

Head note

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 54, Section 55(4), Section 58(c) -
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Order 16 Rule 4, Section 100 -

Cases Referred:
1. Mange Ram vs. Brij Mohan & Ors., AIR 1983 SC 925 = (1983) 4 SCC 36 = 1983 (3) SCR 525 (Para 32).
2. Sanatan Mohapatra and Others vs. Hakim Mohammad Kazim Mohammad and Others, AIR 1977 Orissa 194 (Para 20).
3. Bhagwan Dass vs. Bhishan Chand and Others, AIR 1974 Punjab & Haryana 7 (Para 17).
4. Gyatri Prasad vs. Board of Revenue & Ors., 1973 Allahabad Law Journal 412 (Para 38).
5. Jugal Kishore Tiwari & Anr. Vs. Umesh Chandra Tiwari & Ors., AIR 1973 Patna 352 (Para 20).
6. Arjun Singh vs. Virender Nath and Another, AIR 1971 Allahabad 29 (Para 17).
7. Gulla Kharagjit Carpenter vs. Narsingh Nandkishore Rawat, AIR 1970 Madhya Pradesh 225 (Para 17).
8. C.l.T., Assam, Tripura & Manipur Vs. Nand Lal Agarwal, AIR 1966 SC 902 = 1966 (2) SCR 918 (Para 49).
9. Venkataperumal Naidu vs. Rathnasabhapathi Chettiar, AIR 1963 Madras 821 (Para 43).
10. Bhaskar Waman Joshi vs. Shrinarayan Rambilas Agarwal, AIR 1960 SC 301 = 1960 (2) SCR 117 (Para 49).
11. Sukaloo & Anr. Vs. Punau, AIR 1961 M.P. 176 = ILR (1960) M.P. 614 (Para 38).
12. Saradindu Mukherjee vs. S.M. Kunja Kamini Roy & Ors., AIR 1942 Calcutta 514 (Para 20).
13. Shobhalal Shyamial Kurmi Vs. Sidhelal Halkelal Bania, AIR 1939 Nagpur 210 (Para 43).
14. Basalingaya Revanshiddappa vs. Chinnaya Karibasappa, AIR 1932 Bombay 247 (Para 43).
15. Markand Pandharinath Chaudhari vs. Radhabai Krishnarao Deshmukh, AIR 1931 Bombay 97 (Para 17).
16. Webb & Anr. Vs. Macpherson, 30 Indian Appeals 238 (Para 43).
17. Kirpa Singh vs. Ajaipal Singh and others AIR 1930 Lahore 1 (Para 17).
18. Balkishen Das & Ors. Vs. Legge, 27 Indian Appeals 58 (Para 49).
19. Sardar Gurbakhsh Singh vs. Gurdial Singh and Another, AIR 1927 Privy Council 230 (Para 17).
20. Kamini Kumar Deb vs. Durga Charan Nag & Ors., AIR 1923 Calcutta 521 (Para 20).
21. Lal Achal Ram vs. Raja Kazim Hussain Khan, 1905 (32) Indian Appeals 113 (Para 20).
22. Baron Rolfe in Goode & Anr. Vs. Burton, (1847) 74 RR 633 = 1 Ex. 189 (Para 43).

Comparative Citations:
1999 (3) SCC 573, 1999 AIR(SC) 1441, 1999 (2) JT 183, 1999 (2) Scale 93, 1999 (4) SRJ 175, 1999 (3) BCR 564, 1999 (3) AD(SC) 37, 1999 (3) LW 576,
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