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Section 143 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
143. Order of examinations.
(1) 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.
(2) The examination-in-chief and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts, but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief.
(3) The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.
Related Sections
- Section 98: Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- Section 114: Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
- Section 107: Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible
- Section 76: Proof of documents by production of certified copies
- Section 156: Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
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- Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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