# Marking document as exhibit not proof of its contents: Supreme Court 2026-08-07T18:08:30+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court held on Friday that merely marking a document as an exhibit does not prove its contents. The bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh ruled that such documents must still be proved in accordance with law. The case arose from a Madras High Court decision in a probate proceeding where the High Court had allowed exhibition of certain documents except photocopies. The top court upheld the High Court's refusal to exercise power under Order XIII Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Code to eschew those documents. It found that the objections did not make them prima facie inadmissible or irrelevant. The court clarified that permitting documents to be marked as exhibits does not automatically establish their authenticity or truthfulness. ## Coverage - livelaw.in Tags: Civil Procedure Code, document admissibility, evidence law, Order XIII Rule 3, Supreme Court, trial procedure Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/marking-document-as-exhibit-not-proof-of-its-contents-supreme-court/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/marking-document-as-exhibit-not-proof-of-its-contents-supreme-court/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.