Relevance

Relevancy and admissibility

Relevancy and admissibility, the expressions 'relevancy and admissibility' are used as synonyms but their legal implications are distinct and different for more often than not facts which are relevant may not be admissible, for example, communication made by spouses during marriage or between an Advocate and his client though relevant are not admissible; so also facts which are admissible may not be relevant, for example, questions permitted to be put in cross-examination to test the veracity or impeach the credit of witnesses, though not relevant are admissible. The probative value of the evidence is the weight to be given to it which has to be judged having regard to the facts and circumstances of each case, Ram Bihari Yadav v. State of Bihar, (1998) 4 SCC 517: AIR 1998 SC 1850 (1852). [Evidence Act, (10 of 1872), s. 3]...

relevance : the quality or state of being relevant : relation to the matter at hand [ruled on the of the testimony] [ in discovery has been broadly interpreted] ...

Relevant market

Relevant market, means the market which may be determined by the Commission with reference to the relevant product market or the relevant geographic market or with reference to both the markets. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(r)]...

Relevancy

Relevancy. In Scots law the relevancy is the justice or sufficiency in law of the allegations of a party. A plea to the relevancy is therefore analogous to the demurrer of the English courts....

Constable, relevant (aerodrome)

Constable, relevant (aerodrome), means any constable under the direction and control of the chief officer of police for the relevant police area; Aviation Security Act, 1982, s. 31(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1239, p. 606....

relevant

relevant 1 : tending logically to prove or disprove a fact of consequence or to make the fact more or less probable and thereby aiding the trier of fact in making a decision [determined that the evidence was ] ;also : having a bearing on or reasonably calculated to lead to a matter that bears on any issue in a case for purposes of pretrial discovery see also relevant evidence at evidence 2 : having significant and demonstrable bearing on facts or issues [was not a case] ...

Relevant time

Relevant time, means the time at which the tenant gives notice of his desire to buy the freehold. [Leasehold Reform Act, 1967 (C88), s. 37(1)(d)]...

Relevant local authority law

Relevant local authority law, means--(i) in relation to a city, the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949);(ii) in relation to municipal borough, transitional area, smaller urban area and notified area, the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 (Guj. 34 of 1964);(iii) in relation to a village, taluka and district. [The Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993 (Guj. 18 of 1993)](iv) in relation to a cantonment. [The Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), the Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(s)]...

Relevant geographic market

Relevant geographic market, means a market comprising the area in which the conditions of competition for supply of goods or provision of services or demand of goods or services are distinctly homogenous and can be distinguished from the conditions prevailing in the neighbouring areas. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(s)]...

Relevant activity

Relevant activity, means--(i) the development, production, handling, opera-tion, maintenance, storage or dissemination of a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon; or(ii) the development, production, maintenance, storage or dissemination of missiles specially designed for delivering any such weapon. [The Weapon of Mass Destruction and their Delivery System (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005, s. 4(j)]...

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