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Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.

There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.

The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.

Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the party entering the action for trial must deliver to the officer two copies of the whole of the pleadings in the action, one of which is for the use of the judge at the trial. Such copies must be in print, except as to such parts, if any, of the pleadings as are by the Rules permitted to be written. In Scotland, the printed pleadings in a contested action); (b) the volume containing the case, evidence and transcripts of appellants and respondents on appeal to the House of Lords or Privy Council.

Record in s. 35(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1922 refers not only the order of assessment but it comprises all proceedings on which the assessment order is based and the Income-tax Officer is entitled for the purpose of exercising his jurisdiction under s. 35 to look into the whole evidence and the law applicable to ascertain whether there was an error, Maharana Mills (P) Ltd. v. Income Tax, AIR 1959 SC 881: (1959) Supp 2 SCR 547. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 35(1)]

A record is a formal writing of any fact or proceedings; anything entered in the rolls of a court, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs on behalf of State of West Bengal v. Sardar Bahadur Singh, AIR 1969 Cal 451 (455).

In Part II of these rules, means the aggregate of papers relating to an appeal (including the pleadings, proceedings, evidence and judgments) proper to be laid before the Court at the hearing of the appeal. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, R. 2(1)(m)]

It includes the records maintained in the form of books or stored in a computer or in such other form as may be determined by regulations. [Depositories Act, 1996 (22 of 1966), s. 2 (1) (i)]

Includes--

(i) any document, manuscript and file;

(ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;

(iii) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and

(iv) any other material produced by a computer or by any other device. [Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (5 of 2003), s. 2(h)]

'Record' includes (a) any document, manscript and file; (b) any microfilm, microfiche and fascimile copy of document, (c) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and (d) any other materials produced by a computer or any other device. [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(i)]

'Record' means the record in any form received from any place outside India and authenticated in the manner as specified in rules. [Prevention of money Laundering (Manner of Receiving the Records Authenticated Outside India) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)].

A documentary account of past events, usually designed to memorialize those events; information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that, having been stored in an electronic or other medium, is retrievable in perceivable form, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1279.

Record, comprises all proceedings on which the assessment order is based, Maharana Mills Pvt. Ltd. v. Income Tax Officer, Porbander, AIR 1959 SC 881.

Record, includes--

(i) any document, manuscript and file;

(ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;

(iii) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm whether enlarged or not); and

(iv) any other material produced by a computer or by any other device. [Freedom of Information Act, 2002, s. 2(f)]

Means a formal writing of any fact or proceeding, anything entered in the roll of court, particularly statements or pleadings of parties in a case, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Sardar Bhahadur Singh, AIR 1969 Cal 451: (1969) 73 Cal WN 547: 1969 Cr LJ 1120.

Means a memorial or remembrance. A file of papers connected with a suit or other, Specified Subject Abdul Rashid Khan v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1961 All LJ 467.

Means not only the impugned orders of judgments but all other documents which are relevant for the purpose of doing justice in the case, R. Mitra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1959 All LJ 263.

Means which lead the land tribunal recording a finding on the issue referred to, must be remitted alongwith the findings of the civil court. All records including the evidence, oral and document-ary produced before it along with its finding, Parameshwaran v. Raman, 1986 Ker LT 621.