Voir dire examination.

VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION: It is conducted by the court where it is of the opinion that a child of tender years is incapable understanding the nature and obligation of oath. 

The term Voir Dire Examination means the examination conducted by court in order to test a capacity of a child of tender years to understand questions put to him or her and to give rational answers. Also examination is conducted to test the capacity of a child of tender years to understand the difference between truth and false hood. 

Court intervention in trial generally, it a duty of parties or their advocates to conduct their own cases in their own way and to the best of their ability. However, the court has the duty to intervene in order to discover or obtain proper proof of relevant facts. See section 176 of the Law of Evidence Act, 1967 as [R.E 2002]