Law of Evidence

The Indian Evidence Act 1872 extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This Act has come into force on the first day of September 1872. The law of evidence is procedural …

Relevant means that which is logically probative. The rules of relevancy declare certain facts relevant. Section 5 to 55 of the Act deals with question of relevancy. Section 5: Of what fact may evi…

Sec. 6 : Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction – Facts which, though not in issue, are so connected with a fact in issue as to form part of the same transaction, are relevant, w…

The conduct of any party, or of any agent to any suit or proceeding, in reference to such suit or proceeding, or in reference to any fact in issue therein or relevant thereto, and the conduct of an…

An accomplice means a person who has taken part in the commission of a crime. When an offence is committed by more than one person in concert, every one participating in its commission is an accomp…

Section 17 of the act defines Admission – An admission is a statement, oral or documentary or contained in electronic form, which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fa…

The term “confession” is nowhere defined in the Evidence Act. All provisions relating to confessions occur under the heading of “admission”. If a statement is made by a party to a Civil proceeding …

Section 114: Court may presume existence of certain facts– The Court may presume the existence of any fact which it thinks likely to have happened, regard being had to the common course of na…

Section 32- Cases in which statements of relevant fact by person who is dead or cannot be found etc. is relevant– Statement written or verbal, or relevant facts made by a person who is dead, …