Compelled Testimony
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Compelled testimony, 'compelled testimony' as evidence procured not merely by physical threats or violence but by psychic torture, atmospheric pressure, environmental coercion, tiring interrogative prolixity, overbearing and intimidatory methods and the like - not legal penalty for violation, Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani, (1978) 2 SCC 424: AIR 1978 SC 1025 (1046): (1978) 3 SCR 608. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]
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