https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176047 Prior admissions proved against a party constitute substantive evidence of the fact admitted under the Indian Evidence Act and may be relied on to support findings on disputed property character. Section 145 applies to contradiction of a witness by a prior statement, not to proof of an admission made by the party itself. A prior admission therefore does not lose evidentiary value merely because the party was not confronted with it in the witness box. The note distinguishes admissions from prior inconsistent statements used only for impeachment and states that proved admissions can be acted upon without prior confrontation. en-us Tue, 30 Oct 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:34:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176047 Prior admissions proved against a party constitute substantive evidence of the fact admitted under the Indian Evidence Act and may be relied on to support findings on disputed property character. Section 145 applies to contradiction of a witness by a prior statement, not to proof of an admission made by the party itself. A prior admission therefore does not lose evidentiary value merely because the party was not confronted with it in the witness box. The note distinguishes admissions from prior inconsistent statements used only for impeachment and states that proved admissions can be acted upon without prior confrontation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Oct 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=176047