IEA Section 149 — Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
Chapter 10
Civil
Summary
No one should ask a witness a question that suggests something bad about their character unless the person asking has a good reason to believe that the bad thing is actually true. This rule applies to the kind of questions mentioned in section 148.
Official Text
No such question as is referred to in section 148 ought to be asked, unless the person asking it has reasonable grounds for thinking that the imputation which it conveys is well-founded.
Sections referred to
Related Judgments
- GUNNANA PENTAYYA @ PENTADU & ORS. vs STATE OF A.P — Supreme Court of India (2008)
- ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited; ... vs Shantilal Meghraj Soni & Ors.,, ..., ....., Mrs.Varsha Chavan, Advocat — Bombay High Court (Mumbai Principal Seat) (2014)
- NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. vs MEGHJI NARAN SORATIYA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2009)
- NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. vs CHALLA UPENDRA RAO AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (2004)
- Judgement Reserved on: 12th November, 2013; Judgement pronounced on: vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR — Delhi High Court (2014)
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- BSA §152 — Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
