Essay type questions on EvidenceEvidence All the means by which a matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted for investigation, is established or disproved. Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Adhiniyam 2023 Act
- Explain what is not evidence before a court of law. In this line whether an affidavitAffidavit An ex parte statement in writing made under oath before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths, about facts which the affiant either knows of his own personal knowledge or is aware of to the best of his knowledge. can be said as evidence of a fact?
- What is fact in issue? How it is different from relevant fact?
- Whether a Dying declaration is a conclusive proof for establishing dowry death?
- What is permissible hearsay evidence?
- Whether inferential evidence has any place under the scheme of Indian Evidence Act ?
- Whether Circumstantial evidence needs corroboration?
- A Police officer[IO] submitted several documents with his Report, but at the time of trial, the prosecution failed to identify any document or to mark as Court Exhibit- Explain the consequences with the help of law.
- How to prove motive and intention in a rape case?
- At the timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”) of search for an offence of Murder, police recovered a laptop, some incriminating photos from the hard disk, how the prosecution shall prove the relevancy of recovered articles?
- What is an admission? Whether admission is direct evidence or indirect evidence?
- What is secondary evidence? How to prove a xerox copy of a certified registered gift deed?
- How to prove a Will, where both the attesting witnesses died earlier?
- In a suit for partition, the plaintiff produced Land Records – whether he needs to prove the same?
- What is Estoppel? What is the evidentiary value of it?
- In which cases Indirect oral evidence shall be permitted?
- Where evidence recorded through VDO Conferencing in a Criminal trial is valid?
- Explain the evidentiary value of CCTV footage?
- Distinguish between the presumptionPresumption An inference of the truth or falsehood of a proposition or fact that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary. of law and presumption of facts?
- Whether illegally collected Evidence by police is admissible?
- Elucidate the credibility of Defence evidence in a murder trial.
- What is a judicial proceeding?
- An eyewitness said there was rape, but the doctor said there was no rape – who shall be believed.
- Explain section 144 of the Evidence Act.
- A Judge to decide as to the admissibility of evidence u/s 136- Explain.
- When a witness shall be compelled to answer a specific question? whether a scandalous question can be asked u/s 147?
Write short notes :
- Res gastae
- Hearsay Evidence
- Accomplice
- Test identification parade
- Plea of alibi
- Leading question
- Cross-examination
- Character evidence
- Confession Statement
- Number of witnesses
- Suicide note
- Extra-Judicial confession
- Hostile witness
- Public records
- Benefit of doubt
- Child witness
- Corpus delicti
- Evidence of approver
- Identification in court
- The probative value of a piece of evidence
- Police custody
- Discovery
- FSL Report
- The opinionOpinion A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court. In an appeal, multiple opinions may be written. The court’s ruling comes from a majority of judges and forms the majority opinion. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion agrees with the end result of the court but offers further comment possibly because they disagree with how the court reached its conclusion. of Handwriting Expert
- Private document
- Onus probandi
- Refreshing memory
- Proof beyond reasonable doubt
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