Evidence Act, 1872 provides for the methodology by which the cases have to be conducted in the matter of production of relevant oral, documentary and material evidence and the examination of witnesses. Adjudication of legal dispute is on the basis of the evidence in the case. Evidence includes all the legal means which tend to prove or disprove any matter of fact. The Indian Evidence Act deals with relevancy of facts, admission, confession, facts of which the court should take judicial notice, oral evidence, documentary evidence, legal presumptions, burden of proof, estoppel and all such matters relating to the taking of evidence and admissibility of evidence on the issues, on the basis of which, the Courts have to record findings.
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- Law of Evidence : Introduction
- Important Definitions : Evidence Act
- Different types of Evidence
- Presumptions
- Relevancy & Admissibility
- Res Gestae
- Motive, Preparation and Conduct
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Identification Parade
- Conspiracy : Evidence Act
- Plea of Alibi
- Right or Custom
- State of Mind, Knowledge and Intention
- Admission
- Confession
- Dying Declaration
- Judgments – When Relevant
- Opinion of Third person or Expert opinion
- Character When Relevant
- Facts which need not be proved
- Oral and Documentary Evidence
- Electronic Records as Evidence
- Document to be attested
- Public & Private Documents
- Exclusion of Oral by Documentary Evidence
- Burden of Proof
- Presumption as to Burden of Proof
- Doctrine of Estoppel
- Competency of witness
- Privileged Communication
- Accomplice
- Examination of Witnesses
- Corroboration of evidence
- Rule as to Refreshing Memory
- Rule as to Production of Documents
- Power of Judge, Jury or Assessors
- Improper Admission and Rejection of evidence
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