125. Information as to commission of offences. No Magistrate or Police officer shall be compelled to say whence he got any information as to the commission of any offence, and no Revenue officer shall be compelled to say whence he got any information as to the commission of any offenceKEEP READING
126. Professional communications. No barrister, attorney, pleader or Vakil shall at any time be permitted, unless with his client’s express consent, to disclose any communication made to him in the course and for the purpose of his employment as such barrister, pleader, attorney or Vakil, by or on behalf ofKEEP READING
127. Section 126 to apply to interpreters etc. The provisions of Section 126 apply to interpreters, and the clerks or servants of barristers, pleaders, attorneys and Vakils. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematic way. Read Evidence Act each section wise. Download beautiful, colourful PDF for Evidence Act.KEEP READING
128. Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence. If any party to a suit gives evidence therein at his own instance or otherwise, he shall not be deemed to have consented thereby to such disclosure as is mentioned in Section 126, and if any party to a suit or proceeding callsKEEP READING
129. Confidential communication with legal advisers. No one shall be compelled to disclose to the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal professional adviser, unless he offers himself as a witness in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communication asKEEP READING
130. Production of title-deeds of witness, not a party. No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee, or any document the production ofKEEP READING
131. Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession could refuse to produce. Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce.- No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or electronic records under his control, which anyKEEP READING
132. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate. A witness shall not be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to the matter in issue in any suit or in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the ground that the answer to suchKEEP READING
133. Accomplice. An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person; and a conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. COMMENTS: Accomplice need not be judged by independent evidence- Every detail of the story of the accomplice need not beKEEP READING
134. Number of witnesses. No particular number of witness shall in any case be required for the proof of any fact. COMMENTS: Merit of the statement is important- (i) It is well known principle of law that reliance can be based on the solitary statement of a witness if theKEEP READING
135. Order of production and examination of witness. The order in which witness are produced and examined shall be regulated by the law and practice for the time being relating to civil and criminal procedure respectively, and in the absence of any such law, by the discretion of the Court.KEEP READING
136. Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence. When either party proposes to give evidence of any fact, the Judge may ask the party proposing to give the evidence in what manner the alleged fact, if proved, would be relevant; and the Judge shall admit the evidence if heKEEP READING
137. Examination-in-chief. 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 beKEEP READING
138. Order of examinations. 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 to be confined to the facts which theKEEP READING
139. Cross-examination of person called to produce a document. A person summoned to produce a document does not become a witness by the mere fact that he produces it, and cannot be cross-examination, unless and until he is called as a witness. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematicKEEP READING
140. Witness to character. Witnesses to character may be cross-examined and re-examined. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematic way. Read Evidence Act each section wise. Download beautiful, colourful PDF for Evidence Act.KEEP READING
