Kolkata Court November 1879 Judgments
In Re: the Empress Vs. Grish Chunder Talukdar
Court: Kolkata
Decided on: Nov-28-1879
Reported in: (1880)ILR5Cal614
Jackson, J.1. Then as to the alleged defect in the procedure of the Court of Session, we have no doubt that the Sessions Judge was wrong in refusing to permit the cross-examination of the witness called by the Court. The ordinary practice in properly constituted Courts is, that where a witness for the prosecution is not called on the part of the Crown, he is placed in the witness-box in order that the defence may have an opportunity of cross-examining him; and certainly, where the Judge thought it necessary to call one of these witnesses for the purpose of eliciting some facts which he thought material for the prosecution, the prisoner ought to have been allowed an opportunity of putting any question that he thought necessary in cross-examination....
Tag this Judgment!Poynor Bibee Vs. Nujjoo Khan
Court: Kolkata
Decided on: Nov-20-1879
Reported in: (1880)ILR5Cal437
White, J.1. The preferable course is, that the bond should be assigned. Amend the petition by adding an alternative prayer, that the bond may be assigned to the petitioner, his executors and administrators, for the purpose of being sued upon, and let a rule nisi issue to the plaintiff to show cause why the bond should not be sued upon in the name of the' Chief Justice, or why it should not be assigned to the defendant....
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