This book deals with myriad aspects of cross-examination. It analyzes and examines different kinds of witnesses and
the ways of dealing with them not merely in the form of dry statements but through illustrated examples and concrete
instances. It is essentially a recounting of court experiences of various lawyers and judges while examining witnesses
during the conduct of a case. The current edition introduces editorial notes, wherever relevant, to indicate to the reader
that certain views expressed in the earlier editions are no longer acceptable today as there have been a lot of fundamental
legislative changes and radical interpretation of the law by the courts. The sheer fact that the book, printed first in 1927,
and the new edition coming after a lapse of nearly five decades, is still found meaningful by the legal community stands
testimony to its intrinsic worth and scholastic wealth.
- Contains Illustrative examples of cross-examination from
several jurisdictions
- Includes concrete instances in dialogue format, based on the
experiences of eminent lawyers
- Incorporates editorial notes to explain the current position of
law and the book is more in tune with contemporary values and
opinions
Provisions of Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for
re-examining and recalling the witnesses by a Criminal Court
have been elaborately discussed
In Part-IV dealing with the cross-examination of different types
of witnesses, new ideas are viewed and incorporated in related
chapters
The aim of this book is to equip the lawyers with the correct
method to cross-examine a witness e.g. discusses how the
newspaper correspondent should be cross-examined
In this new edition all the chapters have been remodeled and
new chapters have been incorporated
Chapter on “accomplice evidence” has been introduced in
which all the important decisions of the Supreme Court and of
different High Courts on the reliability of accomplice evidence
have been elaborately discussed
Topics have been re-arranged & updated. Case –law has been
updated
Moreover, cases of some new types of witnesses have been
incorporated
A must read for Trial Court Lawyers, Legal Professionals, Law
Students, Law Libraries, Public Prosecutors
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