Category: Indian Evidence Act
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Leading Questions In Light of Evidence Act
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Leading Questions The purpose of an examination-in-chief, i.e., questioning of the witness by the party who has called him, is to enable the witness to tell to the court by his own mouth the relevant facts of the case. A question should be put…
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Frequently Asked Questions (Ss. 1 to 5 IEA)
Type I: Answer in one or two sentences (2 M) Sir James Fitz James Stephen drafted the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 enacted on 1st September 1872. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is applicable to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, other than Courts-martial convened under the Army…
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Types of Evidence
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Types of Evidence In order to arrive at a decision in a civil, criminal or administrative cases to establish and prove the matters of defence or mitigation or to overcome a prima-facie case or presumption the essential question which one needs to answer is…
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Circumstantial Evidence
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Circumstantial Evidence In order to arrive at a decision in a civil, criminal or administrative cases to establish and prove the matters of defence or mitigation or to overcome a prima-facie case or presumption the essential question which one needs to answer is whether…
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Direct Evidence
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Direct Evidence Under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, “direct evidence” is not explicitly defined, but the Act does recognize and classify evidence into different categories. Direct evidence refers to evidence that, if believed, directly proves a fact without the need for any inference. It…
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Facts Which Need Not be Proved (Ss. 56-58)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Facts Which Need Not be Proved According to Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 a fact is said to be proved when, after considering the matters before it, the Court either believes it to exist, or considers its existence so probable that…
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Facts: Proved, Disproved, and Not Proved (S. 3)
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Facts: Proved, Disproved, and Not Proved The Evidence Act revolves around two cardinal things: facts and proof. It is these two things that combine to form evidence, which the court may or may not accept as showing the merit or otherwise of a party’s…
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Introduction to Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Law and You >Procedural Laws > Indian Evidence Act, 1872 > Introduction The evidence and witnesses have been a key player in the pursuit of justice delivery. Thus, the object of every judicial investigation is the enforcement of a right or liability that depends on certain facts. The law of evidence can be called the…