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Section 14 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
14. Existence of course of business when relevant.
When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been done, is a relevant fact.
Illustrations.
(a) The question is, whether a particular letter was dispatched. The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post, and that particular letter was put in that place are relevant.
(b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course, and was not returned through the Return Letter Office, are relevant.
Related Sections
- Section 86: Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
- Section 87: Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
- Section 88: Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- Section 113: Burden of proof as to ownership
- Section 148: Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing
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