Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 130 : Official communications : (See section 124 of IEA 1872) No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 129 : Evidence as to affairs of State : (See section 123 of IEA 1872) No one shall be permitted to give any evidence derived from unpublished official records relating to any affairs of State, except with the permission of…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 128 : Communications during marriage : (See section 122 of IEA 1872) No person who is or has been married, shall be compelled to disclose any communication made to him during marriage by any person to whom he is or…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 127 : Judges and Magistrates : (See section 121 of IEA 1872) No Judge or Magistrate shall, except upon the special order of some Court to which he is subordinate, be compelled to answer any questions as to his own…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 126 : Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases : (See section 120 of IEA 1872) (1) In all civil proceedings the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit,…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 125 : Witness unable to communicate verbally : (See section 119 of IEA 1872) A witness who is unable to speak may give his evidence in any other manner in which he can make it intelligible, as by writing or…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Chapter IX : Of Witnesses : Section 124 : Who may testify : (See section 118 of IEA 1872) All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them,…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 123 : Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee : (See section 117 of IEA 1872) No acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 122 : Estoppel of tenants and of licensee of person in possession : (See section 116 of IEA 1872) No tenant of immovable property, or person claiming through such tenant, shall, during the continuance of the tenancy or any time…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Chapter VIII : Estoppel : Section 121 : Estoppel : (See section 115 of IEA 1872) When one person has, by his declaration, act or omission, intentionally caused or permitted another person to believe a thing to be true and to…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 120 : Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape : (See section 114A of IEA 1872) In a prosecution for rape under sub-section (2) of section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where sexual intercourse…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 119 : Court may presume existence of certain facts : (See section 114 of IEA 1872) (1) The Court may presume the existence of any fact which it thinks likely to have happened, regard being had to the common course…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 118 : Presumption as to dowry death : (See section 113B of IEA 1872) When the question is whether a person has committed the dowry death of a woman and it is shown that soon before her death, such woman…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 117 : Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman : (See section 113A of IEA 1872) When the question is whether the commission of suicide by a woman had been abetted by her husband or any relative…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 116 : Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy : (See section 112 of IEA 1872) The fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 115 : Presumption as to certain offences : (See section 111A of IEA 1872) (1) Where a person is accused of having committed any offence specified in sub-section (2), in— (a) any area declared to be a disturbed area under…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 114 : Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence : (See section 111 of IEA 1872) Where there is a question as to the good faith of a transaction between parties, one…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 113 : Burden of proof as to ownership : (See section 110 of IEA 1872) When the question is whether any person is owner of anything of which he is shown to be in possession, the burden of proving that…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 112 : Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent : (See section 109 of IEA 1872) When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and…
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 Section 111 : Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years : (See section 108 of IEA 1872) When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved…