Questioned Documents

Questioned Documents by Ramachandran provides a comprehensive study of documentary evidence and the legal principles governing the authenticity, admissibility, and examination of documents in judicial proceedings. The book delves into various aspects such as attestation, forgery, fabrication, counterfeit currency, and the proof of handwriting and signatures. It also discusses statutory presumptions, evidentiary rules, and the classification of documents, both public and private, making it an essential reference for understanding offences and procedures related to documents under Indian law.

Key Features:

• Explains the distinction between attested, registered, certified, and public documents with illustrative examples.
• Covers offences related to document fabrication, forgery, and fraudulent property transfers.
• Discusses evidentiary rules for proving handwriting, signatures, and document authenticity.
• Includes interpretation of key terms like "fraudulently" and "dishonestly" under relevant statutory provisions.
• Provides guidance on primary and secondary evidence, including presumptions related to thirty-year-old documents.
• Examines official documents, powers of attorney, wills, and telegraphic messages in legal context.
• Useful reference for practitioners dealing with counterfeit notes, legal drafting, and documentary offences.

This book is ideal for law students, legal practitioners, forensic experts, judicial officers, and anyone interested in the study of documentary evidence and offences related to questioned documents.

• Introduction
• Attested Document
• Attesting Witness
• Books, Maps and Charts
• Certified Copies
• Collections of Laws and Reports of Decisions
• Counterfeit Currency-Notes and Bank-Notes
• Documentary Evidence
• Fabricating and Forged Documents
• Fraudulent Deeds and Disposition of Property
• Fraudulently and Dishonestly
• Gazettes, Newspapers, Private Acts of Parliament
• Offences relating to Documents
• Official Documents
• Power-of-Attorney
• Presumption as to Documents Thirty Years Old
• Primary Evidence
• Proof of Signatures and Handwriting
• Public Documents
• Registered Document
• Secondary Evidence
• Telegraphic Messages
• Unregistered Documents
• Wills
• Written Document