Order of examinations

INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872

Section 138 - Order of examinations

Witnesses shall be first examined-in- chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then ( if the party calling him so desires) re-examined. The examination and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief. Direction of re-examination. The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.