STATE (THROUGH CBI/NEW DELHI) vs S.J. CHOUDHARY

The Supreme Court addressed the admissibility of typewriter expert opinions under Section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, in the context of a criminal trial involving charges under Section 302 IPC and the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. The Court found that the opinion of a typewriter expert is indeed admissible, thereby overruling the precedent set in Hanumant v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1952 SC 343, which had previously deemed such evidence inadmissible. The Court's holding clarified the scope of expert testimony in criminal proceedings, allowing for the inclusion of typewriter expert opinions as valid evidence.