Signature

Signatures can be proved by other modes but High Court can also exercise such power.

Court had power to compare signature on the document.

Order requisitioning property under S. 3, East Bengal (Emergency) Requisition of Property Act (X111 of 1948), read with rr. 2 & 3, East Bengal (Emergency) Requisition of Property Rules, 1949: Authenticated by rubber-stamp facsimile of Requisitioning Authority-Valid execution and proper making of order "if it was consciously made with intention of authenticating same"-Practice, however, not approved in "every case"-Recourse to rubber-stamp not unreasonable or unwarranted where large number of orders are required to be signed-Illegibility of signature or facsimile no ground for holding that it was no signature at all-Use of printed form does not render order bad-Evidence Act (I of 1872), S. 57 (7)-Judicial notice of signature of gazetted officer Words and Phrases - "Making" of document

"Signed" -[Jenkins v. Gaisford and Thring (1863) 3 Sw. & T 93 ; Blades v. Lawrence L R 9 Q B 374 and Bennett v. Brumfitt (1867) L R 3 Common Pleas, p. 28 ref., Ajit Kumar Das