The Law of Evidence - Page 641

620 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

(3) Tolls.

(4) Boundaries.

(5) Rights of Ferry.

(6) Sea Walls etc.

(III) Exception Sec. 43 . Under this section Judgments in personam are admissible as between strangers under two circumstances

(i) Where the existence of such judgment is a fact in issue.

(ii) Where the Judgment is relevant under some other provision of the Evidence Act.

Comment:

  1. The first circumstance is easy to conceive.

Illus.

(1) A sued B for slander in saying that he had been convicted of forgery. B justified it upon the ground that it was true.

The conviction of A forgery would be a fact in issue and a judgment supporting his conviction would be admissible also. B was not a party to that judgment.

(2) A Judgment against a surety obtained by the creditor will be admissible in a suit by the surety against the principal debtor although the principal debtor was not a party to it.

(3) Upon a trial for intentionally giving false Evidence in a Judicial proceedings the record will be evidence that there was a Judicial proceedings.

  1. It is the second circumstance which has created difficulty. What are the sections under which a judgment is likely to be relevant ?

Un der sec. 7—Show cause, occasion.

Under sec. 8—Motive conduct.

Under sec. 9—Facts necessary to explain relevant facts.

Under sec. 11—Facts inconsistent.

Under se c. 13—Transaction.