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Controversial Evidence by M. L. Dharmapurikar, 2nd Edition, 2026, is a practical and analytical guide to challenging and disputed issues in the law of evidence. The book explains complex evidentiary principles through practical illustrations and detailed discussion of issues frequently encountered in legal proceedings.
The second edition incorporates cross-references to the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, helping readers understand the transition from the Indian Evidence Act to India's new criminal law framework. It covers expert opinions, primary and secondary evidence, documentary and oral evidence, presumptions, proof of documents, handwriting and signatures, public documents, judicial notice, and related evidentiary principles. The book also examines specialised areas of expert evidence, including the DELPHI technique, statistical models, regulatory risk assessment, and scientific opinions.
It is a valuable reference for advocates, prosecutors, judicial officers, law students, judicial service aspirants, and legal professionals seeking a clearer understanding of complex and controversial questions in evidence law.
Introduction
Opinions of Experts
Expert Opinion on the Management of Infections in the Diabetic Foot
Expert Opinion and Compensation
Cases in which Secondary Evidence Relating To Documents May Be Given
Comparison of Signature, Writing or Seal With Others Admitted or Proved
Evidence of Terms of Contract, Grants and other Dispositions of Property Reduced To Form of Document
Exclusion of Evidence against application of document to existing facts
Exclusion of Evidence of Oral Agreement
Facts Admitted Need Not Be Proved
Facts of Which Court Must Take Judicial Notice
Ground of Opinions, When Relevant
Opinion on Relationship, When Relevant
Opinion as to Handwriting, When Relevant
Oral Evidence must be Direct
Presumption as to Document Admissible in England without Proof of Seal or Signature
Presumption as to Documents Produced as Record of Evidence
Presumption as to Documents Thirty Years Old
Presumption as to Due Execution, etc., of Documents not produced
Presumption as to Electronic Records Five Years Old
Presumption as to Gazettes, Newspapers Private Acts of Parliament and Other Documents
Presumption as to Genuineness of Certified Copies
Presumption as to Maps or Plans Made by Authority of Government
Presumption as to Power-Of-Attorney
Primary Evidence
Proof of Contents of Documents
Proof of Documents by Primary Evidence
Proof of Documents by Production of Certified Copies
Proof of Execution of Document Required by Law to be attested
Proof of facts by Oral Evidence
Proof of Signature and Handwriting of Person Alleged to have signed or Written Document Produced
Proof where not Attesting Witness Found
Public Documents
Secondary Evidence
Expert Opinions in Forecasting Role of the DELPHI Technique
Expert Opinion in Statistical Models
Expert Opinion on Regulatory Risk Assessment
Expert Scientific Opinion on CSIRO GM Wheat Varieties
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