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Section 146 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
146. Leading questions.
(1) Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive, is called a leading question.
(2) Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court.
(3) The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved.
(4) Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination.
Related Sections
- Section 5: Facts which are occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue or relevant facts
- Section 9: When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant
- Section 11: Facts relevant when right or custom is in question
- Section 150: When witness to be compelled to answer
- Section 105: On whom burden of proof lies
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