Commission to another Court
Full Text
(1) A commission for the examination of any person may be issued to any Court (not being a High Court) situate in a State other than the State in which the Court of issue is situate and having jurisdiction in the place in which the person to be examined resides.
(2) Every Court receiving a commission for the examination of any person under sub-section (1) shall examine him or cause him to be examined pursuant thereto, and the commission, when it has been duly executed, shall be returned together with the evidence taken under it to the Court from which it was issued, unless the order for issuing the commission has otherwise directed, in which case the commission shall be returned in terms of such order.
Plain English Summary
Section 76 authorizes a civil court to issue a commission for witness examination to a subordinate court in another State having territorial jurisdiction over the witness's place of residence, and mandates that the receiving court execute the commission and transmit the recorded evidence back to the issuing court.
Key Legal Elements
- Inter-State Witness Commissions: Facilitates witness examination when the witness resides in a different State.
- Subordinate Court Recipient: Issued to any court other than a High Court having territorial jurisdiction over the witness.
- Mandatory Execution Duty: The recipient court is legally obligated to examine the witness or cause them to be examined.
- Transmission of Depositions: Obligation to return the executed commission along with the recorded depositions to the issuing forum.
Practical Note
Witness Convenience, Cross-State Depositions & Video Conferencing Evolution: (1) Inter-State Subordinate Court Comity: Section 76 solves the challenge of examining distant witnesses residing outside the issuing court's jurisdiction and state boundaries without compelling travel under Order XVI Rule 19. (2) Contemporary Evolution: While Section 76 commissions remain a statutory mechanism, Supreme Court and High Court Video Conferencing Rules now frequently permit cross-examination of out-of-state witnesses electronically, avoiding the delays of inter-court postal commissions.
हिंदी पाठ
(1) किसी व्यक्ति की परीक्षा करने के लिए कमीशन ऐसे राज्य से भिन्न राज्य में (जो उच्च न्यायालय न हो) स्थित ऐसे किसी न्यायालय को निकाला जा सकेगा जिसमें कमीशन निकालने वाला न्यायालय स्थित है और जिसकी उस स्थान में अधिकारिता है जहां वह व्यक्ति निवास करता है जिसकी परीक्षा की जानी है।
(2) उपधारा (1) के अधीन किसी व्यक्ति की परीक्षा के लिए कमीशन प्राप्त करने वाला प्रत्येक न्यायालय उसके अनुसरण में उस व्यक्ति की परीक्षा करेगा या कराएगा, और जब कमीशन सम्यक् रूप से निष्पादित हो जाए, तब वह उसके अधीन लिए गए साक्ष्य सहित उस न्यायालय को लौटा दिया जाएगा जिससे वह निकाला गया था, जब तक कि कमीशन निकालने वाले आदेश में अन्यथा निदेश न दिया गया हो, जिस दशा में कमीशन ऐसे आदेश के अनुसार लौटाया जाएगा।