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प्रश्न
Principle: A spouse is not permitted to put in evidence in any court, any communication during the marriage between the spouses without the consent of the person who made the communication.
Facts: X who is the wife of Y saw her husband (Y) coming out of the neighbour‘s house at 6.00 am in the morning. Y told his wife X that he has murdered the neighbour and handed over the jewellery of that neighbour to his wife.
पर्याय
X is allowed to appear as a witness in court to depose that her husband has told her that he committed a murder
X is not allowed to appear as a witness at all in any court
X is not allowed to appear as a witness to depose what was told by the husband to her, however, she can depose what she saw
X is an independent woman and she can do whatever she wants
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उत्तर
X is not allowed to appear as a witness to depose what was told by the husband to her, however, she can depose what she saw
Explanation:
According to the principle, a spouse is prevented from stating the communication between her and her husband without his consent. However, she is not prevented from stating what she saw.
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