The Indian Evidence Act

Who may testify

Witness unable to communicate verbally

Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands. Husband or wife of person under criminal trial

Judges and Magistrates

Communications during marriage

Evidence as to affairs of State

Official communications

Information as to commission of offences

Professional communications

Section 126 to apply to interpreters, etc

Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence

Confidential communications with legal advisers

Production of title-deeds of witness not a party

Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce

Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate

Accomplice

Number of witnesses


CHAPTER IX.--OF WITNESSES


No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications
made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the
disclosure. 

LAWGIST

# 124 Official communications