Landmark case · Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship · Semester 6

State of Maharashtra v. Champalal Punjaji Shah

(1981) 3 SCC 610 · Supreme Court of India

Unexplained delay that prejudices a fair trial can vitiate the proceeding.

From topic

Evidence, judgment and decree — Unit II, Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship.

Related sections:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 18 — Hearing of the suit and examination of witnesses
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 20 — Judgment and decree
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, 124–125 — Examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination