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CHAPTER X.––OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 152: Questions intended to insult or annoy

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

The Court shall forbid any question which appears to it to be intended to insult or annoy, or which, though proper in itself, appears to the Court needlessly offensive in form.

Now in the BSA

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

152. Questions intended to insult or annoy.BSA 155

Questions on this section

1 question in 5 of our papers cite Section 152. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Assertion (A): The Court may allow a question which appears to it to be intended to insult or annoy a witness, if the question relates to a fact in issue. Reason (R): Section 155 of the BSA directs that the Court shall forbid any question which appears to it to be intended to insult or annoy, or which, though proper in itself, appears to the Court needlessly offensive in form.

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