Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

Forty-eight hours before Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim was acquitted in the 2002 murder of a journalist in Sirsa, the CBI ...

As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination. While the direct questioning by the witness’s own attorney is seen as the “easy part” (friendly, open-ended ...

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...

Judges should not permit questions that are irrelevant, indecent, asked without reasonable grounds, or intended to insult or annoy a witness, Justice Panwhar said. The purpose of cross-examination, he ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...