Relevant vs Admissible Evidence in Indian Law: Key Differences Explained

It is, however, not very material to consider whether the evidence in question is relevant under any particular section of the Evidence Seneviratne Ordinance, so long as it is relevant and admissible under our law, and the question reserved is not whether the evidence is admissible under section ... If his identity had n....

Evidence which is legally admissible does not cease to be admissible merely because that evidence was discovered by an excise officer who did not comply with the requirements of s. 36 when searching premises without a warrant. ... It is true that the question as to whether the evidence of the excise officer was admissible or not i....

We think that the mere fact that the evidence adduced tends to show the commission by the prisoner of another or other crimes does not Tender such evidence inadmissible, provided it is relevant to an issue before the jury, and it may be so relevant if it bears upon the question whether ... The offence of rape does not involve any mens rea. The prosecution attempted to prove the o....

High Court Malaya Kuala Lumpur

[19] For the same reason above the document which tabulates information from other documents is a secondary document and does not fall under the category of secondary evidence admissible in Court . ... (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, a document produced by a computer, or a statement contained in such document, shall not be admissible in evidence in any criminal....

17 of the Evidence Ordinance and therefore would be relevant and admissible under section 21 of the Ordinance. ... (6) The statement purported to have been made by the 1st Respondent to the Police was admissible if the statement is relevant and admissible then the Court has no discretion but to admit it - Section 91 Evidence Ordinance - Court is at liberty to....

2023 0 Supreme(Pat) 144

If the evidence is inadmissible the Court is not entitled to consider it at all whereas if it admissible the Court must decide on the circumstances of each case whether any weight should be attached to it or not. 12. In the judgment by Hon’ble Patna High Court in Mt. ... Trial Court has entirely thrown the evidence of P.W.-3 which is not permissible. ... In this connection, it would be #....

The Evidence Ordinance distinguishes between facts that are relevant and those that are not relevant in themselves. ... It was argued by Crown Counsel de Saram that the evidence was admissible under section 11 (2), which provides that facts not otherwise relevant are relevant if by themselves or in connection with other facts the....

2025 Supreme(US)(ca2) 105

Because “the Federal Rules of Evidence ordinarily preclude propensity evidence,” id., the district court initially decided that the propensity evidence was admissible not under Rule 404 but pursuant to Rule 415. ... Brewer, 915 F.3d 408, 415 (7th Cir. 2019) (“[A]fter a Rule 404(b) objection, the proponent of the other-act evidence must demonstrate that the evidence#HL_E....

2025 Supreme(Online)(HP) 9079

, it would not be relevant. ... The declarations (oral or written) must relate to the act which is in issue or relevant thereto; they are not admissible merely because they accompany an act. ... These illustrate the elemeHntary principle that evidence of general deposition, habit and tendencies is not relevant. ... The essence of the doctrine i is that....

2024 0 Supreme(Ker) 731

A conjoint reading of the relevant provisions of the Evidence Act clearly shows that the only difference that the Act made between public and private documents was in regard to the form of secondary evidence which is admissible, viz., a certified copy, and in regard to the presumption of the genuineness ... evidence is admissible even though the original document is still in existence an....

2025 0 Supreme(Gau) 160

25. When evidence is proved to be relevant then that evidence is admissible. If evidence produced is irrelevant, is not admissible. All admissible evidence are relevant, but all relevant evidence are not admissible. Therefore, just because the evidence is found to be relevant that always cannot be said that it is admissible, but where evidence is found to be admissible, its relevance is to be proved. “3. Rejection of irrelevant or inadmissible documents –The Court may at any ....

2022 0 Supreme(Guj) 737

In the present case the prosecution has failed to prove the motive on the part of the appellant to commit the alleged offence to kill the deceased. It is submitted that in the present case the prosecution has failed to prove that the appellant was the owner of the weapon which was discovered at the instance of the appellant. 5.5 Learned advocate Mr. Acharya thereafter submitted that under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, it is not discovery of the fact that is admissible but relevant ....

2020 0 Supreme(Del) 1067

If evidence is relevant, it is admissible irrespective of how it is obtained.

2019 0 Supreme(UK) 511

Under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, it is not the discovery of every fact that is admissible but the discovery of relevant fact is alone admissible. The recovery of the motorcycle is sought to be relied upon as a circumstance against the appellants. The second circumstance relied upon by the prosecution is the evidence of recovery. Relevancy is nothing but the connection or the link between the facts discovered with the crime.

2017 0 Supreme(Ori) 1501

"Confession" is a statement made by an accused admitting his guilt. P.Ws.4, 5 and 8 have stated that while leaving the scene of occurrence armed with swords the appellants in a chorus shouted "MAA KAMA SARIGALA, AAU HADIA OO GEDU RAHIGALE". It is well settled law that statement is a genus, admission is the species and "confession" is the sub-species. This piece of evidence is relevant and admissible in evidence.