Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.

What this section does

The Court shall presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of the Central Government or any State Government were indeed so made and are accurate. However, maps or plans prepared specifically for the purposes of a particular case must be independently proved to be accurate.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

The rule in one line

Government-authority maps and plans are presumed genuine and accurate; case-specific maps must be proved accurate.

When it applies

• A Survey of India topographic map tendered in a boundary dispute is presumed to have been made by government authority and to be accurate.
• A map drawn by a surveyor specifically for a civil suit over land boundaries must be proved accurate by the party relying on it.

Derived from IEA s.83.