Indecent and scandalous questions
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Summary
Court may forbid questions it regards as indecent or scandalous, even if they have some bearing on the case. The exception is when those questions relate to facts in issue or are necessary to decide whether the facts in issue existed. If not necessary, the Court can stop the questioning to protect decency.
Example
Priya is cross-examined about a neighbour dispute and the lawyer asks private, insulting questions about her past that do not prove the disputed fact. The Court can stop those questions because they are indecent and not necessary to decide whether the disputed event happened.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe Court may forbid any questions or inquiries which it regards as indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries may have some bearing on the questions before the Court, unless they relate to facts in issue, or to matters necessary to be known in order to determine whether or not the facts in issue existed.
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