Cross Examination (Arguments & Instructive Trials) Civil & Criminal

1. Object and Importance of Cross-Examination
2. Examination-in-Chief
3. Preparation for Cross-Examination
4. How to become a Successful Cross-Examiner
5. Preparation
6. How and where to begin Cross-Examination
7. Rules of Cross-Examination
8. Abuse of Cross-Examination
9. Unnecessary or Reckless Cross-Examination
10. Unnecessary questions
11. Too Little Cross-Examination
12. Bullying or Badgering Cross-Examination
13. Pleasant or Persuasive Style of Cross-Examination
14. Lengthy Cross-Examination
15. Silent Cross-Examination
16. Compound, Misleading, Dubious and Improper Questions
17. Notes for Cross-Examination
18. Memory
19. Quickness in Style
20. Comments on witnesses' answers
21. Avoid Legal and Technical Expressions
22. Never allow a witness to be witty or refractory
23. Never lose temper in Cross-Examination
24. Repeating questions in Cross-Examination
25. Do not distort facts in Cross-Examination
26. Do not make personal reference in Court
27. Do not get elated on partial success in Cross-Examination
28. Do not be over-confident of the result
29. Omission to cross-examine on certain points
30. Lead the witness to absurd position
31. Leading questions
32. Do not unnecessarily obtain Explanations in Cross-Examination
33. Interruption by Judge or Counsel
34. Boldness and courage of Counsel
35. Protection of Cross-Examining Counsel
36. Behaviour of Counsel and Judge during Cross-Examination
37. Behaviour of Counsel towards each other
38. Etiquette and professional ethics
39. Order of Examination of Witnesses
40. Ordering a Witness out of Court
41. Right to Cross-Examine Certain Witnesses, not provided for by Statute
42. Right of Cross-Examination
43. Further Cross-Examination
44. Impeaching Credit of Witness
45. Tendering Witnesses for Cross-Examination
46. Duty of witness under Cross-Examination to refresh memory
47. Deferring Cross-Examination
48. Re-Examination
49. Majesty of Law and Justice
50. The Law and Women
51. Divine Justice in Courts
52. Demeanour of Witness
53. As to adultery or criminal intimacy
54. As to Alibi
55. As to confession or admission
56. As to contradictions or contradictory statements
57. As to details
58. First Information Report
59. As to discrepancies
60. As to hearsay evidence
61. Scientific evidence
62. As to identification of animals
63. As to identification of deadbody ...
64. Of Draftsman regarding Plan
65. Of Exaggerating and Enthusiastic Witnesses
66. Of Eye-Witness
67. Of False-Witness
68. Of Finger Print Expert
69. Of Foot-Print Expert or Tracker
70. Of Handwriting Expert and as to Forgery of Handwriting
71. Of Honest and Truthful but Mistaken Witness
72. Of Hostile Witness
73. Of Ignorant and Illiterate Witnesses
74. Of Newspaper Correspondents
75. Of Party as Witness
76. Of Police Officer
77. Of Prosecution Witnesses called by Defence
78. Of Professional Misconduct by Pleader
79. Of Tutored Witnesses
80. Of Witness who was Alone
81. Of Woman Witness
82. Sentencing
83. General Rules regarding Arguments
84. Manner of addressing Court
85. Arbitration and Evidentiary Aspects
86. Cross-Examination in Proceedings other than Court Proceedings
MODEL QUESTIONS
1. In Criminal Trials, Generally—F.I.R.
2. Criminal Trials—Identification
3. Criminal Trials—Truth
4. Criminal Trials—Witnesses
5. Role of accused and witnesses
6. Veracity of witnesses
7. Injuries on victim and accused
8. Foot prints
9. Self-defence
10. Abduction
11. Accident cases
12. Adoption Cases
13. Approver
14. Assault on Public Servants
15. Assault on Woman
16. Benami Transactions
17. Breach of Peace
18. Breach of Trust
19. Bribery
20. Cheating cases
21. Confessions—Judicial To a Magistrate who recorded confession
22. Confessions—Extra Judicial
23. Criminal Trespass
24. Dacoity
25. Defamation
26. Drowning
27. Dying Declaration
28. Enticing away Married Woman
29. False evidence
30. Fire or Arson
31. First Information Report
32. Forgery
33. Grievous Hurt
34. Gun-Firing
35. Handwriting Expert
36. Identification
37. Insanity (to a Doctor)
38. Insanity (to a Layman)
39. Kidnapping
40. Maintenance
41. Marriage—Proof of
42. Murder
43. Poisoning (to a Medical Witness)
44. Poisoning (to a non-professional Witness)
45. Rape and attempted rape
46. Receiving Stolen Property
47. Riot
48. Sodomy or Unnatural Offences
49. Strangulation
50. Suit for Accounts and on Account Books
51. Theft
52. Track Evidence of Foot-prints
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