https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313358 The Court's power to summon material evidence essential to a just decision is wide and may be exercised at any stage of trial. Where a witness had already been examined before charge with an opportunity for cross-examination, the post-charge stage did not prevent the Court from calling further witnesses to prove that the witness could not be traced for continued cross-examination. The refusal to summon the three witnesses was therefore wrong because the limited evidence sought was relevant to the admissibility or weight of material testimony already on record. The revisional challenge succeeded, the refusal was set aside, and the matter was remitted for further proceedings with a direction to record the limited evidence. en-us Mon, 23 Jun 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:56:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313358 The Court's power to summon material evidence essential to a just decision is wide and may be exercised at any stage of trial. Where a witness had already been examined before charge with an opportunity for cross-examination, the post-charge stage did not prevent the Court from calling further witnesses to prove that the witness could not be traced for continued cross-examination. The refusal to summon the three witnesses was therefore wrong because the limited evidence sought was relevant to the admissibility or weight of material testimony already on record. The revisional challenge succeeded, the refusal was set aside, and the matter was remitted for further proceedings with a direction to record the limited evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 23 Jun 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=313358