Certified Copy: With reference to Evidence Act

In the Court, several documents are submitted by the parties to the case. Also, there are orders given to the Judges on different dates of the case (Orders like the framing of charges, non-attendance of accused, judgment, etc). So, it is the right of the parties to the case to know what is being submitted in the Court by the opposite or what order has been given by the Court, which they can acquire in the form of Certified Copies. So for this Parties to the case have to follow the proper way of getting those documents or orders given by the court, which is in the form of certified copy by submitting the nominal fees of ₹10, which is in the form of stamp duty. A certified copy is generally obtained by an advocate of the parties and not by the parties themselves.

To obtain a certified copy, the person has to fill out the form associated with a certified copy and has to submit it before the court. The court then within prescribed time issues a certified copy of any document or any other required order etc.

What are the benefits of obtaining a certified copy?

– The party gets the true copy submitted by the other party.

– The party gets the order, which can be used by them for revision in the Session court or High Court. If the order of the court is inappropriate then the party gets relief from the Higher courts.

– Certified copies are Secondary Evidence as per section 64 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.