Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
The following rules should be observed in marking and preparing exhibits recorded in the Court. (a) All documents, including applications and affidavits, except those not admitted in evidence, and the depositions of witnesses shall be serially exhibited. The exhibit number should be marked in large figures in red ink on the top of the outer sheet. (b) All exhibits except original documents should as far as possible be of foolscap size. (c) Exhibits of smaller size should be attached to a sheet of foolscap size. (d) Where an exhibit consists of more sheets of paper or documents than one, the number of such sheets or documents should be shown in brackets below the number of the exhibit. (e) Where an exhibit is too bulky or awkward to be included in the file of exhibits a sheet of foolscap size should be placed in the file indicating the number of the exhibit and of what it consists and stating that the particular exhibit is separately kept. (f) A number of extracts from the Record of Rights, assessment receipts or municipal receipts, are produced by parties, and subsequently exhibited after they are duly proved. In order to facilitate quick reference and appreciation of evidence, it is desirable to adopt the following procedure in numbering such extracts or receipts as exhibits in suits and other proceedings :— (1) All extracts from the Record of Rights or receipts should first be carefully sorted out, and then grouped together according to the properties to which they relate and the parties who produce them. (2) When the extracts or receipts are sorted out and grouped as above, each group should be exhibited under one single common number. (3) The extracts or receipts in the same group should thereafter be sub-numbered as for instance Ex. 3(1), Ex. 3(2), etc. (g) Whenever an exhibit has been removed a sheet of foolscap size should be inserted stating the number of the exhibit removed and the purpose for which it has been removed and the name of the person or the designation of the Officer in whose custody it is or if removed and entered as an exhibit in another case, its number in that case. (h) All share certificates, debentures, promissory notes and other valuable securities should be enclosed in a separate envelope or packet which should be securely fastened and sealed and the packet marked outside to show the numbers of the exhibits contained within and the name of the clerk who enclosed them in the packet and a sheet as above should be inserted in the file in lieu of the original and an entry made thereon to show where the original exhibit has been placed. (i) When a succession certificate or a power-of-attorney is produced, it need not, unless the Court requires it, be filed. If it is not filed, it may be returned after inspection; but a note thereof should be made in the Roznama and the fact of the production endorsed on the document over the signature of the Judge or Clerk of the Court.