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FRAMING OF ISSUES/ LIST OF WITNESS

• "ISSUES" are framed by the court, on the basis of which arguments and examination of witness takes place.

• Issues are framed, keeping in view the disputes in the suit, and the parties are not allowed to go outside the purview of "Issues".

• Issues may be of : A) Fact or B) Law

• While passing final order, the court will deal with each issue separately, and pass judgement on each issue.

LIST OF WITNESS

• Whichever witness, the parties wish to produce, and to be examined, has to be produced before the court.

• Both the parties to the suit shall file a list of witness within 15 days from the date on which issues were framed or within such other period as the court may prescribe.

• The parties may either call the witness on it's own, or ask the court to send summons to them.

• In case court send summons to witness then the party calling for such witness has to deposit money ' with the Court for their expenses, known as "Diet Money".

• A person, who does not appear before the court, if he is required by the court to do so, then the court may impose fine and penalty on him.

• Finally on the date, the witness will be examined by both the parties.

• • Examination by party of it's own witness is called "Examination-in-chief"

  • Examination by party of other party's witness is called "cross Examination".

  • Whatever, has to be deposed in " Examination-in-chief", can also be filed by way of an Affidavit.

  • Once, the Examination and Cross- Examination of witness is over, and also the admission and denial of documents, then the court will fix a date for final hearing.