The improper admission or rejection of evidence shall not be ground of itself for a new trial or reversal of any decision in any case, if it shall appear to the Court before which such objection is raised that, independently of the evidence objected to and admitted, there was sufficient evidence to justify the decision, or that, if the rejected evidence had been received, it ought not to have varied the decision.
CHAPTER XI––OF IMPROPER ADMISSION AND REJECTION OF EVIDENCE
Section 167: No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
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
| 167. No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence. | BSA 169 |
Questions on this section
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1. Under Section 169 of the BSA, the improper admission or rejection of evidence: