The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 146. Leading questions.
(1) Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive, is called a leading question.
(2) Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court
(3) The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved.
(4) Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination
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Replaces
Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 141
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Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 142
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Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 143
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