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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 26: Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead or cannot be found, etc., is relevant
- Section 156: Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
- Section 74: Public and private documents
- Section 36: Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 35
- Section 62: Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record
Related Acts
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017
- Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
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