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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Witness cannot render ‘opinion’ as to rash and negligent driving; high speed by itself not sufficient criterion: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.allowed a criminal revision petition filed against the judgment of the Appellate

Published on November 17, 2018November 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Part of hostile witness’ testimony found trustworthy can be taken into consideration; man convicted for son’s murder on wife’s hostile testimony

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Sarang V. Kotwal, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment

Published on September 18, 2018September 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Order 18 Rule 17 CPC not intended for parties to recall witness for re-examination; it enables Court to recall witness to clarify issues  

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and C. Hari Shankar, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband

Published on September 4, 2018September 11, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Can an advocate appear as a witness under the Advocates Act, 1961

by Susanah Naushad*, Associate, Khaitan & Co.

Published on June 29, 2018July 20, 2020By Saba
4 Comments27654 views
Case BriefsHigh Courts

NRI witness could be examined via Facetime, Whatsapp or Skype

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The High Court of Punjab and Haryana decided on the matter arising before it from a civil

Published on June 27, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Litigant cannot be non-suited due to inadvertent lapse of the witness

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ramendra Jain, J., allowed recalling and re-examination of prosecution witness no.

Published on June 25, 2018June 29, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Witnesses related to deceased cannot be termed ‘interested witnesses’ on those grounds solely

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Mukta Gupta and Navin Chawla, JJ. partly allowed an appeal, modifying the appellant’s conviction

Published on December 26, 2017December 29, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Direction to remove lawyer appearing for a party at the instance of opposite party can only be passed if such removal does not jeopardize the interest of the party for whom lawyer is appearing

Kerala High Court: While deciding upon the issue that whether the lawyer who is appearing for a party can be removed at

Published on January 20, 2017February 27, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Arithmetical approach in allowing recall of witness can be dangerous

Supreme Court: In the matter where the accused persons has sought for recall of the witnesses under Section 311 read with Section

Published on August 27, 2016January 21, 2017By Sucheta
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Competence and credibility of deaf and dumb witness not affected by limited vocabulary of sign language

Delhi High Court: Disposing of an appeal where the appellant was convicted for the offence under Section 9(k) of the Protection of

Published on June 9, 2016March 9, 2020By Sucheta
2 Comments8167 views

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