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What is the examination of a witness by the adverse party called under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam,…

Section 142 calls the adverse party’s examination cross-examination. The party who calls a witness conducts examination-in-chief and may re-examine the witness after…

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What is the examination of a witness by the adverse party called under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?

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Section 142 calls the adverse party’s examination cross-examination.

The party who calls a witness conducts examination-in-chief and may re-examine the witness after cross-examination.

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The party who calls the witness conducts examination-in-chief.

Option B

Examination by the adverse party is cross-examination.

Option C

The party who called the witness conducts re-examination after cross-examination.

Option D

The adverse party’s examination has its own statutory name regardless of the court’s power to ask questions.

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