The book is written by Damodar Rao, Advocate, High Court of A.P. and Published by: Asia Law House, Hyderabad
This publication through it’s 2nd edition has incorporated several changes from it’s earlier edition, with a strong base of it’s existed contents under the old corresponding law namely Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The author Mr.Damodar Rao, a senior lawyer having put in 64 years of practice in law and who had regularly practiced in Courts at Nirmal and Adilabad and also sometimes at Asifabad and later started practising in the High Court from 1998. This book serves as a good guide apart from the reproduction of the new law on Evidence, in various ways of providing information to the readers on the overall picture of the new and old law on Evidence. The readers can easily understand the changes brought out by the legislature and the contents of the statutes are quite comprehensible since the author has presented his General Comments wherever required to explain the provisions corresponding to the old provisions.
Apart from the General comments, the author has briefly discussed the case laws of the relevant provisions rendered by different Courts on the law of evidence while dealing with different facts and circumstances is an added advantage for the readers to lay hand to the full judgments with ease based upon the citations provided in the book.
The author has discussed the background and the intention of the legislature wherever necessary to make the readers understand the necessity of bringing the changes in the new law of evidence.
The forewords are given by Justice R.Subash Reddy, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and also by Justice Vaman Rao, former Judge of the High Court of A.P., In his foreword, Justice R.Subash Reddy has pointed out that the evidence Act serves as a vital tool for judges, lawyers, and law enforcement agencies, guiding them in their quest for truth and fairness. It guides the judicial process, safeguarding integrity and justice. The law of evidence not being substantive or procedural law, falls in the category of “Adjective law”.
The book has covered various case laws on the law of evidence and at the end, Comparative table of the new law of evidence i.e., Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 with Indian Evidence Act, 19872 is vividly given for easy memory and reference of the readers between the old and new law of evidence. Finally, the Subject index provides terminology employed in various places of the legislation with page numbers will serve a useful purpose to the readers in searching the contents required by them quickly.
The book with about 600-odd pages has been brought out in an attractive manner by the publishers and it is reasonably priced to suit the budget of all junior and Senior Advocates are concerned.
A.M.O.Gurunarayana Rao,
Advocate & Course Director, JATA
Email: gururaoamo@gmail.com