Evidence law

As a general rule,the opinion or belief of a third person is irrelevant and therefore inadmissible.However, there are certain cases in which the court is not in a position to form a correct opinion,like when the question involved is beyond the range of common...

RES GESTAE  Originally, Res Gestae  was used by Romans, which means acts are done or actus.Res Gestae is a latin phrase which means things said and done in course of same transaction.Res Gestae includes everything like circumstances, facts or transactions which are in...

Ordinarily,the judgment in previous cases will not be admissible in subsequent cases but from Section 40 to 42 of Indian Evidence Act, lays down certain instances when previous judgment could be used as evidence in subsequent cases and are relevant.Section 43 of the...

Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act is an exception to Section 24 to Section 26 which imposes a complete ban on admissibility of any confession made by the accused either in police custody or to a police officer in person.This section lifts the ban if the statement...

Section 17 of Indian Evidence Act 1872,defines ‘Admission’.Admission made by any person is given from Section 18 to 20 and under what circumstances they are made is given from section 18 to 30 of the Act. Section 17 of the Evidence Act defines admission as follows -...

Section 32(1) talks about dying declaration in Indian Evidence Act,1872.It’s a statement made by a person who is dead or resulted in the cause of his death or which resulted in his death due to any circumstances of transaction i.e in cases in which the person's death...