No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence.

What this section does

Improper admission or rejection of evidence is not by itself a ground for a new trial or reversal of a decision, provided the court finds that there was sufficient other evidence to justify the decision, or that the wrongly excluded evidence would not have altered the outcome. This is a curative provision preventing technical evidentiary errors from automatically vitiating proceedings.

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

The rule in one line

Erroneous admission or rejection of evidence does not warrant a new trial or reversal if the decision was otherwise sufficiently supported.

When it applies

• If a court wrongly admits hearsay but the decision is fully supported by independent admissible evidence, the appellate court will not order a retrial on that ground alone.
• Where a court improperly rejects a document but the remaining evidence amply justifies the verdict, the rejection is not a ground for reversal.

Derived from IEA s.167.