Whether execution of document can be proved by proving signature on document?

 

Plaintiff has also examined the expert witness PW-3-Devendra

Parsad, the handwriting expert to establish that the family settlement

(Ex.P-1) bears the signatures of the defendant. It is the settled principle of

law that the expert evidence is only an opinion. It could just corroborate

the substantive evidence. The expert evidence cannot substantiated the

execution of the document. It is also the settled principle of law that mere

proof of signatures cannot establish the due execution of a document. So,

the expert evidence adduced by the plaintiff-appellant will not be of much

consequence to establish the due execution of the family settlement

(Ex.P-1) and to explain the suspicious circumstances surrounding it.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

 AT CHANDIGARH.

R.S.A No.1526 of 2014(O&M)

Date of decision : 01.12.2016

Hargursharan Singh

V

Lt. Col. Hargobind Singh

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DARSHAN SINGH

Citation: AIR 2017 P&H 3

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