Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023
Section 143 :
Order of examinations :
(See section 138 of IEA 1872)
(1) Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re-examined.
(2) The examination-in-chief and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts, but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief.
(3) The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in reexamination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.
