The All India Reporter 1944 - Journal Section Containing Original Articles Reviews of Books etc. Citation: A.I.R. (31) 1944 Journal

It is usual for the prosecution in criminal trials to adduce evidence of identification of offenders by witnesses at identification para- des held by the police in the course of inves- tigation evidence of identification of stolen property by the owner in the course of police investigation evidence of identification of foot-prints of the offender by an ordinary or expert witness in the course of p [...] In the course of police investigation when a police officer is recording the statement of a prosecution witness the police officer can put a question to the witness “Who is the offender?” and if the witness points out the offender who is then in the presence of both can it be held that this evidence is admissible on the ground that it is only a pointing out of the offender by the witness; what dif [...] Strangely enough however sometimes it A held that the witness should not have seen the offender between the time of Ole offence and the time of the identification parade when the fact that the witness saw the offender subse- quent to the commission of the offence (namely at the identification parade) is sought to be treated as a relevant fact. [...] The application avers that the executive order of attachment issued by the Crown Represen- tative with the concurrence of the Secretary of State is illegal and ultra vires of the powers of that high officer under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935 the Indian Foreign Jurisdiction Order-in-Council 1937 and the Letters PLent under the King’s Sign Manual of 5th march 1937. [...] The object of the appointment of the committee was only to deal with the pro- blems arising out of the interpretation of the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Acts, and much less was it ever intended that the prin- ciples of Mahomedan law or Indian Succession Act should be grafted on the sacred law of the Hindus.