United Engineers & Contractors vs. Secretary to Govt. A .P. & Ors. (SC)

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908–Sec. 96–First appeal–Dealing with–Relevant principles–Appellate Court is to independently assess the evidence of the parties and consider the relevant points which arise for adjudication and the bearing of the evidence on those points–First appellate is the final court of facts and it must not record a mere general expression of concurrence with the trial Court’s judgment, rather it must give reasons for its decision on each point independently to that to the trial Court–Entire evidence must be discussed in detail–Such exercise must be done after formulating the points for consideration in terms of the said provisions and the Court must proceed in adherence to the requirements of the said statutory provision.