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Section 142 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
142. When they must not be asked
Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court.
The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved.
Related Sections
- Section 13: Facts relevant when right or custom is in question
- Section 120: Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands, Husbands or wife of person under criminal trial
- Section 59: Proof of facts by oral evidence
- Section 150: Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
- Section 165: Judge's power to put questions or order production
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