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During A’s trial, Sessions Judge B personally sees A attack a police officer in the courtroom. In a…

Section 127 and illustration (c) allow a judge to testify about a separate attack witnessed in court. The special-order protection concerns the judge’s own judicial conduct…

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During A’s trial, Sessions Judge B personally sees A attack a police officer in the courtroom. In a later trial for that attack, may B be examined about what B witnessed under section 127 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?

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Section 127 and illustration (c) allow a judge to testify about a separate attack witnessed in court. The special-order protection concerns the judge’s own judicial conduct or knowledge acquired in that judicial capacity.

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Option A

The statute permits examination about other matters that occurred in the judge’s presence.

Option B

It protects specified judicial conduct and judicial knowledge against compulsion absent a special order.

Option C

That protection does not extend to a separate incident like the attack.

Option D

Holding judicial office does not make a person incompetent to testify.

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