The evidentiary value of opinion of handwriting expert
Hazard in accepting the opinion It has occasionally been said on very high authority that it would be hazardous to base a conviction solely on the opinion of a handwriting…
Rule of Exclusion of Documents as Evidence on the Ground of Public Policy
The English decisions in Duncan v. Cammell Laird & Co; Conway v. Rimmer & Anr.; and Rogers v. Home Secretary surveyed the earlier law on the rule of exclusion of…
Identification Parade- Value as an evidence
Identification Tests do not constitute substantive evidence As was observed by Supreme Court in Matru v. State of U.P. (1971 (2) SCC 75) identification tests do not constitute substantive evidence.…
Evidentiary Value of Historical Facts And Gazetteer
Punjab Chief Court in Farzand Ali v Zafar Ali analysed this. In that case, there was a dispute between the Mutawalli of a mosque and the defendants, who were descendants…
The standard of proof in Evidence Law
Preponderance of Probabilities in Civil Law The court in a civil trial applies a standard of proof governed by a preponderance of probabilities. This standard is also described sometimes as…
Sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence for sustaining criminal conviction
The legal position with respect to the sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence for sustaining criminal conviction is well settled. The circumstances established on the record according to the law of…
If evidence is relevant the Court is not concerned with the method by which it was obtained.
If evidence is relevant the Court is not concerned with the method by which it was obtained. In Barindra Kumar Ghose & Ors. v. Emperor, ILR (1910) 37 Cal. 467…
Test Identification Parade- The timeline of SC’s Observations
The meaning and object of Test Identification Parade Identification parades have been in common use for a very long time, for the object of placing a suspect in a line…
Confession- Analysis of Section 24 to 27
Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act is one of a group of sections relating to the relevancy of certain forms of admissions made by persons accused of offences. Sections…
How much dying declaration reliable as single piece of evidence to convict a person?
In Bhajju v. State of M.P., Supreme court considered the question “how much dying declaration reliable as single piece of evidence to convict a person”. Thus, this case has considerable…