Section 146 Earlier Evidence Act 141
Leading questions
Chapter 10: Of examination of witnesses
(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.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 143Order of examinationsEvidence Act 138
- 144Cross-examination of person called to produce a documentEvidence Act 139
- 145Witnesses to characterEvidence Act 140
- 147Evidence as to matters in writingEvidence Act 144
- 148Cross-examination as to previous statements in writingEvidence Act 145
- 149Questions lawful in cross-examinationEvidence Act 146