Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts.

What this section does

Evidence may be given in any suit or proceeding of the existence or non-existence of every fact in issue and of such other facts as are declared relevant by the Adhiniyam, and of no others. The section does not override procedural bars under civil procedure law that disentitle a party from proving a fact. It thus confines admissible evidence to facts in issue and relevant facts only.

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

The rule in one line

Only facts in issue and facts declared relevant by the Adhiniyam are admissible; all other facts are excluded.

When it applies

• At A's trial for murder, A's act of beating B, the causation of death, and A's intention are facts in issue and evidence may be given of them.
• A suitor who fails to produce a bond at the first hearing cannot produce it later except in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure, as this section does not override that procedural bar.

Derived from IEA s.5.