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How is the maxim falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus treated in Indian evidence law?

In Ugar Ahir v State of Bihar (1965) the Supreme Court held that falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus "is neither a sound rule of law nor a rule of practice" in India. The Court…

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How is the maxim falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus treated in Indian evidence law?

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In Ugar Ahir v State of Bihar (1965) the Supreme Court held that falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus "is neither a sound rule of law nor a rule of practice" in India. The Court must separate the truth from the falsehood in a witness's evidence and accept what is reliable, though it cannot reconstruct an entirely new case where truth and falsehood are inseparable.

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