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Supreme Court of India
Decided on: 03.11.2020

Adoption deed – Challenge to -- Evidence without pleadings -- It is fairly well settled that in absence of pleading, any amount of evidence will not help the party -- When the adoption ceremony, which had taken place on 14.11.2001, is mentioned in the registered adoption deed, which was questioned in the suit, there is absolutely no reason for not raising specific plea in the suit and to file application at belated stage to summon the record to prove that the second respondent was on duty as on 14.11.2001 -- There was an order from the High Court for expeditious disposal of the suit and the application which was filed belatedly is rightly dismissed by the Trial Court and confirmed by the Revisional Court and High Court.

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