Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
BNSS Section 444
Option of Court to hear parties
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BNSS Section 444 deals with option of court to hear parties and replaces CrPC 403.
Bare act text — BNSS 444
444. Option of Court to hear parties.
Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Sanhita, no party has any right to be heard either personally or by an advocate before any Court exercising its powers of revision; but the Court may, if it thinks fit, when exercising such powers, hear any party either personally or by an advocate.
What changed from the CrPC
- CrPC 403 → BNSS 444: "pleader" is replaced by "advocate".
Frequently asked
What was BNSS Section 444 in the CrPC?
BNSS Section 444 (Option of Court to hear parties) replaces Section 403 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. CrPC 403 is now BNSS 444.
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Nearby BNSS sections
- BNSS 439 — Power to order inquiry
- BNSS 440 — Sessions Judge's powers of revision
- BNSS 441 — Power of Additional Sessions Judge
- BNSS 442 — High Court's powers of revision
- BNSS 443 — Power of High Court to withdraw or transfer revision cases
- BNSS 445 — High Court's order to be certified to lower Court
- BNSS 446 — Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals
- BNSS 447 — Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals
- BNSS 448 — Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals
- BNSS 449 — Withdrawal of cases and appeals by Sessions Judges