Family Courts Act, 1984 · Chapter IV: Procedure
Section 14: Application of Indian Evidence Act, 1872
A Family Court may receive as evidence any report, statement, documents, information or matter that may, in its opinion, assist it to deal effectually with a dispute, whether or not the same would be otherwise relevant or admissible under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 14
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Vibhor Garg v. Neha
Issue arose whether the conversation between spouses secretly recorded by one of them could be permitted to be made admissible in evidence; whether in light of the Evidence Act and the Family Courts Act, 1984, a…
- Aparna Ajinkya Firodia v. Ajinkya Arun Firodia