https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309074 A clear and unambiguous admission, once proved on the record, may be used as substantive evidence against its maker under Section 21 of the Evidence Act without first confronting the maker in cross-examination. Section 145 governs prior statements used only for contradiction, so the fairness rule of prior confrontation applies where the alleged admission is vague, ambiguous, or relied on merely as an inconsistent statement. If the admission is clear and already proved, the maker is taken to have notice of it and must explain it; an oral denial does not by itself remove its evidentiary value. en-us Tue, 08 May 1956 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:08:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309074 A clear and unambiguous admission, once proved on the record, may be used as substantive evidence against its maker under Section 21 of the Evidence Act without first confronting the maker in cross-examination. Section 145 governs prior statements used only for contradiction, so the fairness rule of prior confrontation applies where the alleged admission is vague, ambiguous, or relied on merely as an inconsistent statement. If the admission is clear and already proved, the maker is taken to have notice of it and must explain it; an oral denial does not by itself remove its evidentiary value. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 May 1956 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309074