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Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter X: Of the Examination of Witnesses

Section 137: Examination-in-chief

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024.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.

Now in the BSA section 142 (Examination of witnesses)

The examination of witness by the party who calls him shall be called his examination-in-chief. Cross-examination.––The examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his cross-examination. Re-examination.––The examination of a witness, subsequent to the cross-examination by the party who called him, shall be called his re-examination.

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 137