Forensic Evidence Law and Practice

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Description
Private experts 
In the considered opinion of the present authors, reports of private experts hired by a party for consideration should necessarily be seen with special care by the judicial courts, and that too, only after taking such evidence through the test of cross-examination! Examination of authors of such reports attract special importance.
Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Preliminary Study of Law of Expert Evidence
Chapter 2 : Gemreal Applications of Medical Evidence
Chapter 3 : Medico Legal Aspects of Death (Definition, Classicification, Modes, Causes
                        and Time of Death)
Chapter 4 : Post-Mortem Examination and Inquest
Chapter 5 : Examination of Accused on the request of Police, his own request and his
                        right to refuse to undergo Medicial Examination
Chapter 6 : Examination of the Dead
Chapter 7 : Whether injury was inflicted during life or after death
Chapter 8 : Whether death was the result of immediate or intervening cause with special
                         reference tothe injury on Vital part with deadly or non-deadly eapon
Chapter 9 : Whether death was the result of immediate or intervening cause with special 
                         refernce to seat of injury and user of wepon
Chapter 10 : Medical Evidence in Insanity cases
Chapter 11 : Medical Evidence in Intoxication cases
Chapter 12 : Medical Evidence in Infaniticide Cases
Chapter 13 : Medicial Evidence as to age of a person including evidence of age documents
Chapter 14 : Medical Evidence as to the Identification of sex in living or dead
Chapter 15 : Medicial Evidence in Sexual Offences
Chapter 16 : Injuries, Wounds, burns and their interpretation
Chapter 17 : Blood-stains, Hair and fibres
Chapter 18 : Role of expert in cases of matrimonial jurisdiction and disputed Paternity 
                           Including Legal aspects of 'Virginity' 'Pregnancy' 'Impotency' and 'Adultery'
Chapter 19 : Identification of Mutilated remains
Chapter 20 : Fire Arms: "Fire Arms terminology', classification and identification of
                           fire arms weapons and wounds, examination of cartridges, evidentiary value
                           of ballistic expert and duties of Court, and Police Officers
Chapter 21 : Bomb and Explosive
Chapter 22 : Handwriting
Chapter 23 : Finger-Prints and Palmer Impressions
Chapter 24 : Foot Prints
Chapter 25 : Typewriting
Chapter 26 : Tape Recorded Coversation and Telephoney and Eidence on Electronic
                           Records Video-Conference
Chapter 27 : CCTV Footage/Video Recording
Chapter 28 : Mobile Handset
Chapter 29 : Dog Tracking
Chapter 30 : Medical Evidence in Poisoning cases
Chapter 31 : Chemical Examiner
Chapter 32 : Food Adulternation and Expert
Chapter 33 : Medical Date Opinion
Chapter 34 : Glossary of some Important Medical Terms
Chapter 35 : D.N.A.
Chapter 36 : Brain Mapping
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Author Details
S.P.Tyagi, 
Revised by
Dr. Rajesh Gupta, LL.M., Pjh.D. (Delhi)
Prof. Gunjan Gupta, Prof. of Law, University of Delhi