Act 47 of 2023 — in force 1 July 2024; repeals and replaces the Indian Evidence Act 1872. Section numbers changed: always name the statute you cite.
The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.
Sections in the syllabus
s. 2
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 2(1)
s. 3
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 4
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 6
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 8
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 12
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 15
s. 17
s. 19
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 22
s. 23
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 23(1)
s. 23(2)
s. 24
s. 25
s. 26
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 26(a)
s. 27
s. 30
s. 32
s. 32(1)
s. 33
s. 35
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 39
Covered in Unit 4 · Forensic Evidence.
s. 39(1)
s. 40
s. 41
Covered in Unit 4 · Forensic Evidence.
s. 45
Covered in Unit 4 · Forensic Evidence.
s. 46
s. 48
Covered in Unit 1 · Relevancy of Facts.
s. 51
s. 52
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 55
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 56
s. 57
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 58
s. 60
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 61
s. 61(2)
s. 62
s. 63
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 63(4)
s. 65
s. 65A
s. 65B
s. 65B(4)
s. 74
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 74(1)
s. 74(2)
s. 75
s. 76
s. 77
s. 91
s. 92
s. 93
s. 94
s. 95
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 96
s. 99
s. 102
s. 104
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 115
s. 118
s. 119
s. 121
Covered in Unit 2 · Proof and Burden of Proof.
s. 124
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 125
s. 126
s. 132
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 137
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 143
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 144
s. 145
s. 146
s. 147
s. 148
s. 149
s. 150
s. 151
s. 154
s. 155
s. 156
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 157
s. 158
s. 160
s. 169
Covered in Unit 3 · Witnesses.
s. 176(3)
s. 302
s. 329
s. 342
s. 349
s. s. 2(1)(f)
Covered in Unit 1 · Legal Concepts, Part 1.
s. ss. 132 and 134
Covered in Unit 2 · The Doctor-Patient Relationship.
s. the proviso to section 149, with section 308
Covered in Unit 1 · Women, the Constitution and International Instruments.
Cases on this Act
- Pakala Narayan Swami v. Emperor
- Palvinder Kaur v. State of Punjab
- Sahoo v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Khushal Rao v. State of Bombay
- Pandu Rang Kallu Patil v. State of Maharashtra
- Sivrajbhan v. Harchandgir
- Taburi Sahai v. Jhunjhunwala
- Bai Hira Devi v. Official Assignee
- Gopal Das v. Thakurji
- N. Sri Rama Reddy v. V.V. Giri
- Nishi Kant Jha v State of Bihar (1968)
- Rameshwar v. State of Rajasthan (1952)
- Suresh v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1981)
- Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani
- Bhagwan Singh v. State of Haryana (1976)
- Laxman v. State (1974)
- Selvi v. State of Karnataka
- M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra
- V.S. Kuttan Pillai v. Ramakrishnan
- Mohd. Dastagir v. State of Madras
- R.M. Malkani v. State of Maharashtra
- Balu Sonba Shinde v State of Maharashtra (2002)