STANDARD DEFENCES TO BE RAISED IN THE WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE PLAINT (CIVIL SUIT)

AFFIDAVIT IN LIEU OF EXAMINATION IN CHIEF TO BE FILED UNDER ORDER XIX READ WITH ORDER XVIII RULE 4 OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908.

The Examination of a witness by a party who calls him shall be called his examination in Chief. It is a province of a party by whom the witness is called to examine him in chief for the purpose of eliciting from the witness all the material facts within his knowledge which tend to prove the party's case. This is a precedent of an affidavit in lieu of examination in chief to be filed under Order XIX read with Order XVIII (4) of The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 with averments to prove document u/s. 65 (B) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 along with requisite Certificate also with averment to prove documents by Secondary evidence.