171. Knowledge Spectrum – Discipline – EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE 88.
271. What are the general principles for evaluation of evidence?
* Evidence is to be weighed; not counted
Affirmative statements carry more weight than negative statements
Actions carry more weight than words * Even un- impeached evidence may be rejected * Rejection of evidence by one does not necessarily mean the acceptance of the opposite
Even in many more weight than negative statements
272. Is there any exception to the rule that facts must be established through evidence and the decision-making authority must not import personal knowledge into the case?
Irrefutable matters of common sense and laws of science do not require any evidence. For example, it is a matter of common sense that capacity of a super deluxe bus cannot be seventy five. An Inquiry authority may reject evidence to the effect that a person travelled in a super deluxe bus carrying eighty passengers from Delhi to Kanyakumari. There is no need for controverting the above statement through the crew of the bus or another witness who had seen the above bus. Similarly an Inquiring Authority can conclude that any object thrown above has to come down. There is no need for a physics professor to come and testify about the
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