Is carbon copy of a cash-receipt equivalent to original?

Dear AP,

The answer to your query is affirmative for two reasons.  The carbon copy has got equal evidentiary value as that of the original one.  Secondly there is no estoppel from you going and filing a consumer complaint basing your case on the carbon copy resultantly the onus of disproving the fact of carbon copy shall be upon the shopkeeper - the opposite party.  Otherwise in view of the Evidence Act and Indian Penal Code there are plenty of case law which put onus on the issuer of the reciept to disprove the same.  Last but not least you have every right to go file and invoke jurisdiction of consumer forum basing your claim on the basis of carbon copy of  the reciept (infact it would be a good ground of deficiency of service of not issuing the original reciept) .

Thanks and best regards

Daksh