"Only the judgment given by a court can be relied upon as the conclusive proof of the matters decided between parties to a case. See section 54 of the Evidence...
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"It is true that the members of the National Assembly have been elected to the Assembly as members but they cannot be described as members of all the states because...
"An affidavit shall not contain extraneous matter, by way of objection, or prayer, or legal argument or conclusion. … the depositions in the paragraphs of the affidavit in question have...
"It is also the law… that even where inadmissible evidence is admitted, the trial Judge or an appellate court should reject the evidence and after expunging such evidence shall consider...
"But in this connection, it must be borne in mind that there are two categories of inadmissible evidence. Evidence that is absolutely inadmissible in law which is not within the...
"It is now settled law that where an evidence is given by a party and is not contradicted by the other party who has the opportunity to do so, and...
"The law is settled that evaluation of evidence is primarily the function of the trial Judge. Interference by an appellate court could only occur where and when he fails to...
"In the evidential scene in the context of probative value, it is not the number of witnesses that matter but the quality of the evidence given. And so, a situation...
"While it could be desirable that a person other than the person asserting the customary law should testify in support of the customary law, it is not a desideratum. This...
"It is the law that contradictions in evidence of witnesses can only avail the opposite party where they are material, substantial and affect the live issues in the matter, to...
"When any judgment of any court or any other judicial or official proceedings or any contract, or any grant or other disposition of property has been reduced to the form...
"The phrase, ‘burden of proof’ in civil cases has two distinct and frequently confused meanings… firstly, the burden of proof as a matter of law and the pleadings… and secondly,...