Evidence – official document prepared by a public authority in pursuance of a statutory duty,

Kuar Shyam Pratap Singh v. Collector of Etawah AIR 1946 PC 103 where the Privy Council made the following observations:

“This document therefore is an official document prepared by a public authority in pursuance of a statutory duty, and it is not disputed that it is evidence, though not conclusive evidence of the fact stated therein…. No cross-examination of the two witnesses from the court of wards who were called was directed to ascertain the sources on which the pedigree was founded.”