relationship far
from being a foundation is often a sure guarantee of
truth."
33. In Masalti v. State ... relationship far from being a
foundation is often a sure guarantee of truth.
However, we are not attempting any sweeping
generalisation. Each case must
hostile witness is the one, who is not desirous
of telling the truth while an unfavourable witness is the one who
does not prove ... litigating
panics are involved, but also the more important general
interests of truth, in criminal as well as in civil
proceedings, that the ends
hostile witness is the one, who is not desirous
of telling the truth while an unfavourable witness is the one who
does not prove ... litigating
panics are involved, but also the more important general
interests of truth, in criminal as well as in civil
proceedings, that the ends
omissions amount to a contradiction, creating a serious
doubt about the truthfulness of the witness and other
witnesses also make material improvement while
deposing ... otherwise. Minor contradictions are
bound to appear in the statements of truthful witnesses
as memory sometimes plays false and the sense of
observation differ from
relationship far
from being a foundation is often a sure guarantee of
truth."
33. In Masalti v. State ... relationship far from being a
foundation is often a sure guarantee of truth.
However, we are not attempting any sweeping
generalisation. Each case must
that a person
speaking on oath should be presumed to be a truthful witness
unless there is something inherently improbable in his
testimony ... ordinary presumption is that a witness speaking
under an oath is truthful unless and until he is shown to be
untruthful or unreliable
that a person
speaking on oath should be presumed to be a truthful witness
unless there is something inherently improbable in his
testimony ... ordinary presumption is that a witness speaking
under an oath is truthful unless and until he is shown to be
untruthful or unreliable
Reserved On: 16.10.2024 vs State Of H.P on 25 October, 2024
2024:HHC:10298
hostile witness is the one, who is not desirous of
telling the truth while an unfavourable witness is the one who does
not prove ... litigating panics are involved, but
also the more important general interests of truth, in
criminal as well as in civil proceedings, that the ends
cherished
basic values by Indian society for centuries
is "satya" (truth) and the same has been
::: Downloaded on - 24/05/2024 ... under the carpet by the petitioner.
Truth constituted an integral part of
the justice-delivery system in the pre-
Independence era, however, post-
Independence period
