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Start Free TrialIndian Evidence Act 1872 Section 145
Title: Cross-examination as to Previous Statements in Writing
State: Central
Year: 1872
1 145. Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing, and relevant to matters in question, without such writing being shown to him, or being proved; but, if it is intended to contradict him by the writing, his attention must, before the writing can be proved, be called to those parts of it which are to be used for the purpose of contradicting him. _______________________ 1. As to the application of section 145 to police-diaries, see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), section 172.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Evidence Act 1872 Section 146
Title: Questions Lawful in Cross-examination
State: Central
Year: 1872
When a witness is cross-examined, he may, in addition to the questions hereinbefore referred to, be asked any questions which tend- (1) to lest his veracity. (2) to discover who he is and what is his position in life, or (3) to shake his credit, by injuring his character, although the answer to such questions might tend directly or indirectly to criminate him or might expose or tend directly or indirectly to expose him to a penalty or forfeiture: 1[Provided that in a prosecution for rape or attempt to commit rape, it sh all not be permissible to put questions in the cross-examination of the prosecutrix as to her general immoral character.]. ______________________ 1 . Inserted by Act 4 of 2003, section 2 (w.e.f. 31-12-2002).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCommissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 8C
Title: Right of Cross-examination and Representation by Legal Practitioner
State: Central
Year: 1952
The appropriate Government, every person referred to in section 8B and, with the permission of the Commission, any other person whose evidence is recorded by the Commission,-- (a) may cross-examine a witness other than a witness produced by it or him; (b) may address the Commission; and (c) may be represented before the Commission by a legal practitioner or, with the permission of the Commission, by any other person.]
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Evidence Act 1872 Section 139
Title: Cross-examination of Person Called to Produce a Document
State: Central
Year: 1872
A person summoned to produce a document does not become a witness by the mere fact that he produces it, and cannot be cross-examined unless and until he is called as a witness.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 10
Title: Of the Examination of Witnesses
State: Central
Year: 1872
.....by the mere fact that he produces it, and cannot be cross-examined unless and until he is called as a witness. Section 140 - Witnesses to character Witnesses to character may be cross-examined and re-examined. Section 141 - Leading questions Any question suggesting the answer which the person pulling it wishes or expects to receive, is called a leading question. Section 142 - When they must not be asked Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court. The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved. Section 143 - When they may be asked Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination. Section 144 - Evidence as to matters in writing Any witness may be asked, whilst under examination whether any contract, grant or other disposition of property, as to which he is giving evidence, was not contained in a document, and if he says that it was, or if he is about to make any statement as to the contents of any document, which in the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Evidence Act 1872 Section 138
Title: Order of Examinations
State: Central
Year: 1872
Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re-examined. The examination and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief. Direction of re-examination.The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Evidence Act 1872 Section 137
Title: Examination-in-chief
State: Central
Year: 1872
The examination of a witness by the party who calls him shall be called his examination-in-chief. Cross-examination.The examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his cross-examination. Re-examination.The examination of a witness, subsequent to the cross-examination by the party who called him, shall be called his re-examination.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPublic Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 Section 13
Title: Evidence for Prosecution and Examination of Witnesses, Re-examination by Prosecutor
State: Central
Year: 1850
The oral and documentary evidence for the prosecution shall then be exhibited; the witnesses shall be examined by or on behalf of the prosecutor and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of the person accused. The prosecutor shall be entitled to re-examine the witnesses on any points on which they have been cross-examined, but not on any new matter, without leave of the commissioners, who also may put such questions as they think fit.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCode of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 19
Title: Hearing of the Suit and Examination of Witnesses
State: Central
Year: 1908
.....in open Court, direct their statements to be recorded on commission under rule 4A of Order XXVI.] __________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 22 of 2002, section 12(a) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 2. Sub-rule (4) inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 69(i) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977) and omitted by Act 46 of 1999, section 27(i) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 3. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 69(ii) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3i. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, Section 69(iv) (w.e.f. 01.02.1977). 3ii. Rule 17A was earlier inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 69(vii) (w.e.f. 01.02.1977). 3iii. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 69(ix) (w.e.f. 01.02.1977). 4. Substituted by Act 46 of 1999, section 27, for rule 4. 5. Substituted by Act 22 of 2002, section 12(b), for rule 4 as substituted by clause (ii) of section 27 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999 (46 of 1999) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 6. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 69(iii), for rule 5 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 7. The provisions of rules 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16, so far as they relate to the manner of taking evidence, are not applicable to the Chief Court of Oudh, see the Oudh Court Act, 1925 (U.P. 4 of 1925,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoast Guard Act, 1978 Section 82
Title: Examination of a Witness on Commission
State: Central
Year: 1978
.....by counsel, or except in the case of an accused person in custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine, as the case may be, the said witness. (3) After a commission issued under section 81 has been duly executed, it shall be returned together with the deposition of the witness examined thereunder to the Chief Law Officer. (4) On receipt of a commission, and deposition returned under sub-section (3), the Chief Law Officer shall forward the same to the Coast Guard Court at whose instance the commission was issued or, if such court has been dissolved, to any other court convened for the trial of the accused person and the commission, the return there to and the deposition shall be open to inspection by the prosecutor and the accused person and may subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in the case by either the prosecutor or the accused, and shall form part of the proceedings of the Court. (5) In every case in which a commission is issued under section 81, the trial may be adjourned for a specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and return of the commission.
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