154. The Court may forbid any questions or inquiries which it regards as
indecent or scandalous, although such questions or inquiries may have some
bearing on the questions before the Court, unless they relate to facts in
issue, or to matters necessary to be known in order to determine whether or
not the facts in issue existed.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 151 Court to decide when question shall be asked and when witness compelled to answer
Section 152 Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
Section 153 Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
Section 154 Indecent and scandalous questions
Section 155 Questions intended to insult or annoy
Section 156 Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
Section 157 Question by party to his own witness
Section 158 Impeaching credit of witness
Section 159 Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible