Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter IX: Of Witnesses

Section 124: Official communications

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.

Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 124

• Abhishek Banerjee & Anr. v. Directorate of Enforcement
  2024 INSC 6689 September 2024Dismissed

  Matter pertains to seeking quashing of the summons issued to the appellants by the Enforcement Directorate, seeking their personal appearance in New Delhi with the documents sought for, pertaining to the FIR registered…

• Suman L. Shah v. The Custodian & Ors.
  2024 INSC 1705 March 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  There were questionable transactions between the appellants and respondent Nos. 6, 7 and 8, the alleged benami companies of respondent No. 2 (notified party). Whether the Special Court committed manifest error in facts…

• Union of India & Ors. v. Air Commodore Nk
  2023 INSC 107414 December 2023Appeal(s) allowed

  Whether the Armed Forces Tribunal could have issued a direction to the Government to frame a policy for filling up the post of Judge Advocate General (Air) and ; whether the Tribunal could have directed that the…

• Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited v. Union of
  2023 INSC 3245 April 2023Appeal(s) allowed
• P. Ponnusamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu
  2022 INSC 11777 November 2022Dismissed
• In Re: to Issue Certain Guidelines Regarding Inadequacies and Deficiencies in Criminal Trials v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
  2021 INSC 26020 April 2021Disposed of
• State of Madhya Pradesh v. Centre for Environment Protection Research and Development & Ors.
  2020 INSC 51628 August 2020Appeal(s) allowed
• The Director General (Road Development) National Highways Authority of India v. Aam Aadmi Lokmanch & Ors.
  2020 INSC 45214 July 2020Disposed of
• Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
  2020 INSC 45314 July 2020Dismissed
• Union of India & Ors. v. P. S. Gill
  2019 INSC 129027 November 2019Dismissed
• State of Meghalaya v. All Dimasa Students Union, Dima-Hasao District Committee & Ors.
  2019 INSC 7213 July 2019Disposed of
• Yashwant Sinha & Ors. v. Central Bureau of Investigation Through Its Director & Anr.
  2019 INSC 50510 April 2019Review petitions be adjudicated on merits.
• Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel Limited and Others
  2018 INSC 11545 December 2018Leave granted
• B.K. Educational Services Private Limited v. Parag Gupta and Associates
  2018 INSC 95611 October 2018Appeals remanded to NCLAT.
• Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
  2018 INSC 36318 April 2018Disposed of
• M/S. v. L. S. Finance Ltd. v. S. P. Gupta and Anr.
  2016 INSC 1435 February 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• Union of India & Ors. v. Major General Shri Kant Sharma & Anr.
  2015 INSC 20611 March 2015Disposed of
• Shree Shyam Agency v. Union of India & Others
  2012 INSC 48518 October 2012Dismissed
• Reference Under Article 317 (1) No.2 of 2008 in Re: Mehar Singh Saini, Chairman, Hpsc and Ors. v. --
  2010 INSC 77312 November 2010Reference answered
• The State of West Bengal and Others v. Kamal Sengupta and Another
  2008 INSC 75916 June 2008Allowed
• Bank of India v. Ketan Parekh & Ors.
  2008 INSC 71216 May 2008Dismissed
• Central Bureau of Investigation and Anr. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal and Ors.
  2007 INSC 29715 March 2007Disposed of
• Punjab National Bank v. R.L. Vaid and Ors.
  2004 INSC 46420 August 2004Leave Granted & Disposed off
• State of Kerala v. Babu and Ors.
  1999 INSC 2214 May 1999Dismissed
• Rupan Deol Bajaj and Anr. v. Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and Anr.
  1995 INSC 61612 October 1995Disposed of
• A.K. Kaul and Anr. v. Union of India
  1995 INSC 27819 April 1995Dismissed
• Canara Bank v. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. and Ors.
  1995 INSC 1606 March 1995Appeal(s) allowed
• R.K.Jain v. Union of India and Ors.
  1993 INSC 20414 May 1993Disposed of
• Union of India and Anr. v. W.N. Chadha
  1992 INSC 34717 December 1992Appeal(s) allowed
• Dagi Ram Pindi Lal and Anr v. Trilok Chand Jain and Ors.
  1992 INSC 374 February 1992Appeal(s) allowed