IEA Section 166 (Power of jury or assessors to put questions) was not carried into the BSA
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · applies to offences and proceedings before 1 July 2024
NCRB's official correspondence table lists IEA 166 as deleted (page 25), and BPR&D's gives it no BSA counterpart. There is no provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 that replaces it.
IEA 166: Power of jury or assessors to put questions
Before 1 July 2024
In cases tried by jury or with assessors, the jury or assessors may put any questions to the witnesses, through or by leave of the Judge, which the Judge himself might put and which he considers proper.
Which one applies
Under section 170(2) of the BSA, an application, trial, inquiry, investigation, proceeding or appeal already pending on 1 July 2024 is dealt with under the Evidence Act; one begun on or after that date, under the BSA.
Read BSA section 170 →Judgments decided under IEA 166
They still govern offences committed before 1 July 2024. With no BSA counterpart, they do not carry forward.
Sources
- Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), page 25.
- The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act 1 of 1872), as amended, India Code, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.
BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.