VidhiSangh

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Section 152: Questions intended to insult or annoy

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for proceedings preserved by BSA section 170, including specified matters that were pending immediately before commencement.

Part III — Production and Effect of Evidence

152. The Court shall forbid any question which appears to it to be intended to insult or annoy, or which, though proper in itself, appears to the Court needlessly offensive in form.

Source: official text of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.