INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
151. Indecent and scandalous questions.
154. Indecent and scandalous questions.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
151. Indecent and scandalous questions.–– The Court may forbid any questions or inquiries which
it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries may have some bearing on the
questions before the Court, unless they relate to facts in issue, or to matters necessary to be known in
order to determine whether or not the facts in issue existed.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
154. Indecent and scandalous questions.—The Court may forbid any questions or inquiries
which it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries may have some bearing
on the questions before the Court, unless they relate to facts in issue, or to matters necessary to be known
in order to determine whether or not the facts in issue existed.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023