(1) The Court may of its own motion, and may in its discretion upon the application of any of the parties to a suit, send for, either from its own records or from any other Court, the record of any other suit or proceeding, and inspect the same.
(2) Every application made under this rule shall (unless the Court otherwise directs) be supported by an affidavit showing how the record is material to the suit in which the application is made, and that the applicant cannot without unreasonable delay or expense obtain a duly authenticated copy of the record or of such portion thereof as the applicant requires, or that the production of the original is necessary for the purposes of justice.
(3) Nothing contained in this rule shall be deemed to enable the Court to use in evidence any document which under the law of evidence would be inadmissible in the suit.
Order XIII Rule 1 CPC Original documents to be produced at or before the settlement of issues
Order XIII Rule 3 CPC Rejection of irrelevant or inadmissible documents
Order XIII Rule 4 CPC Endorsements on documents admitted in evidence
Order XIII Rule 5 CPC Endorsements on copies of admitted entries in books, accounts and records
Order XIII Rule 6 CPC Endorsements on documents rejected an inadmissible in evidence
Order XIII Rule 7 CPC Recording of admitted and return of rejected documents
Order XIII Rule 8 CPC Court may order any document to be impounded
Order XIII Rule 9 CPC Return of admitted documents
Order XIII Rule 10 CPC Court may send for papers from its own records or from other Courts
Order XIII Rule 11 CPC Provisions as to documents applied to material objects