17/08/2021
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The concept of ‘Fact’ is not much complicated actually. Facts are everything that you can perceive by sense or mentally acknowledge.
But things get a bit tricky when it comes to facts in issue or relevant facts.
Let's look at a situation.
Suppose your neighbor is found dead in her basement.
Now there are two chances. One, she died in natural circumstances like a heart attack. Two, she was assassinated by someone. In the second theory, there are three potential suspects: her brother who had a voracity towards her assets, her neighbor, A, who was not on particularly good terms with her, and a salesperson who was found wandering on the streets after the incident.
Now, being a neutral institution, you might have to look into the following facts to decipher what is the true story behind the murder:
(i) Whether the victim’s heart stopped without any outside provocation;
(ii) Whether she was ill at the time of the death;
(iii) Where was her brother when the death took place;
(iv) Why the salesperson was roaming in the streets;
(v) Whether the neighbor was somewhere else when the incident took place;
and various other things.
These are the facts in the issue. In simple terms, facts in issue are those facts, by proving or disproving whom, the verdict of the case depends.
Now, if you have understood the concept of ‘facts in issue’, understanding ‘relevant facts’ is easier. Relevant facts are those facts that are logically connected to the ‘facts in issue’, and legally admissible to the Court of law.
