Indecent and scandalous questions may be prohibited unless they concern facts in issue or necessary evidentiary matters. Section 151 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 permits the Court to forbid questions or inquiries regarded as indecent or scandalous during examination of ... Summary
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Indecent and scandalous questions may be prohibited unless they concern facts in issue or necessary evidentiary matters.
Section 151 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 permits the Court to forbid questions or inquiries regarded as indecent or scandalous during examination of witnesses, even where they bear on matters before it. Such questioning remains permissible where it relates to facts in issue or is necessary to determine whether those facts existed.
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