[4] The Plaintiff is therefore claiming the sum of SCR 932,000.00; SCR 832,000.00 being total of debts that is SCR 732,000 plus 120,000- and SCR 100,000.00 as moral damages. [5] There is no written agreement to support her claim except for the recording of electronic conversations on which she is relying. [6] The Defendant has raised the following objections in limine based on article 1341. 1. The Plaintiff cannot give oral evidence to prove a matter the value of which exceeds SR 5000.00 without a document drawn up by a notary or under private signature. [7] Section 1341 reads as follows: Any matter the value of which exceeds 5000 rupees shall require a document drawn up by a notary or under private signature, even for a voluntary deposit, and no oral evidence shall be admissible against and beyond such document nor in respect of what is alleged to have been said prior to or at or since the time when such document nor in respect of what is alleged to have been said prior to or at or since the time when such document was drawn up, even if the matter relates to a sum of less than 5000 rupees. [8] Learned Counsel for the Defendant has also referred the court to the exceptions under section 1347, which reads as follows: The aforementioned section shall not apply if there is writing providing initial proof. This term describes everything which emanates from a person against whom the claim is made or from a person whom he represents and which renders the facts allegedly likely. [9] It is not disputed that the value exceeds 5000 rupees. [10] Learned counsel forcefully argued that the Plaintiff cannot proceed with her claim as it is above Rs 5000.00. [11] As the Plaintiff is relying on the reproduction of an electronic material Learned counsel has in his submission invoked section 15 of the Evidence Act and which reads as follows: Section 15: Documentary evidence from computer records. 2

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