Landmark case · Law of Evidence · Semester 2

Roop Kumar v. Mohan Thedani

(2003) 6 SCC 595 · Supreme Court of India

When the terms of a contract have been reduced to writing, oral evidence is inadmissible to contradict or vary those terms, subject to the statutory provisos.

From topic

Oral and documentary evidence; exclusion of oral by documentary — Unit III, Law of Evidence.

Related sections:

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 54–55 — Oral evidence and the rule that it must be direct (IEA 59–60)
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 56–58 — Proof of contents of documents; primary and secondary evidence (IEA 61–65)
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 94–103 — Exclusion of oral evidence by documentary evidence (IEA 91–100)