Re-examination Archives

Clearing of prosecution evidence not an absolute bar from re-examining materials/witnesses under Section 311 CrPC: Supreme Court

“The statutory provision goes to emphasise that the court is not a hapless bystander in the derailment of justice. Quite to the contrary, the court has a vital role to discharge in ensuring that the cause of discovering truth as an aid in the realization of justice is manifest.”

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MP HC │ Permission to change statement before Court would be dangerous for legal system and it may be also misuse of S. 311 of CrPC; application for restatement after 2 years dismissed

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anil Verma, J. dismissed a criminal revision filed against the impugned order whereby an application preferred by the

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Tri HC | When an occasion arises before the Court to exercise the discretion, it should always go in favour of the accused person

Tripura High Court: T. Amarnath Goud, J. allowed a petition giving an opportunity to the petitioner and complete the recall and re-examination

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Ker HC | University which erroneously declared a student as passed when he in fact failed in a subject, cannot compel re-examination after a decade

Kerala High Court: A Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque, J. hearing a civil writ petition, quashed a university’s order directing its ex-student

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Section 540 of CrPC cannot be invoked with the sole purpose of changing the effect of witness’s original statement: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta J., allowed the Criminal Revision Petition and set aside

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Order 18 Rule 17 CPC not intended for parties to recall witness for re-examination; it enables Court to recall witness to clarify issues

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and C. Hari Shankar, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband

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Re-examination

Clearing of prosecution evidence not an absolute bar from re-examining materials/witnesses under Section 311 CrPC: Supreme Court

MP HC │ Permission to change statement before Court would be dangerous for legal system and it may be also misuse of S. 311 of CrPC; application for restatement after 2 years dismissed

Tri HC | When an occasion arises before the Court to exercise the discretion, it should always go in favour of the accused person

Ker HC | University which erroneously declared a student as passed when he in fact failed in a subject, cannot compel re-examination after a decade

Section 540 of CrPC cannot be invoked with the sole purpose of changing the effect of witness’s original statement: J&K HC

Order 18 Rule 17 CPC not intended for parties to recall witness for re-examination; it enables Court to recall witness to clarify issues

Litigant cannot be non-suited due to inadvertent lapse of the witness

Section 311 CrPC empowers Court to protect a petitioner against error of improper examination-in-chief by his counsel

CBSE Paper Leak: “Can’t interfere in CBSE’s decision to conduct retest”, Supreme Court

Witnesses can be re-examined or re-called only when interest of justice is affected by not doing so