INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
129. Confidential communications with legal advisers.
134. Confidential communication with legal advisers.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
129. Confidential communications with legal advisers. –– No one shall be compelled to disclose to
the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal professional
adviser, unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such
communications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence
which he has given, but no others.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
134. Confidential communication with legal advisers.—No one shall be compelled to disclose to
the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal adviser,
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unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such
communications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence
which he has given, but no others.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023