Order of production and examination of witnesses
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Summary
The court follows the existing civil or criminal procedure law and practice to decide which witnesses are produced and how they are examined. If those procedural rules do not prescribe an order, the judge has discretion to fix the sequence and manner of witness production and examination.
Example
Priya sues a shopkeeper and both sides list witnesses. The court will follow civil procedure rules to decide whether Priya's witnesses testify first; if the rules are silent on sequence, the judge decides who goes first and how each is examined.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe order in which the witnesses are produced and examined shall be regulated by the law and practice for the time being relating to civil and criminal procedure respectively, and in the absence of any such law, by the discretion of the Court.
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