PART IV PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE · CHAPTER X OF EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 143: Order of examinations

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

(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.

Corresponding Evidence Act provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

143	138. Order of examinations.

Questions on this section

1 question in 5 of our papers cite Section 143. Try these from the free papers:

1. Consider the following statements under Section 143 of the BSA: 1. Cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified in his examination-in-chief. 2. Re-examination may extend to any relevant fact, whether or not referred to in cross-examination, without the permission of the Court. 3. If new matter is introduced in re-examination with the permission of the Court, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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