Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases.

What this section does

Where a document or report prepared by a public servant, scientific expert or medical officer is to be used as evidence and that person is transferred, retired, dead, cannot be found, is incapable of deposing, or whose presence would cause delay, the Court shall secure the presence of the successor officer holding that post to depose on the document or report. No such officer need appear unless the report is disputed by a party, and the successor's deposition may be taken through audio-video electronic means.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Court · Public servant · Scientific expert · Medical officer · Successor officer · Parties