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Section 50 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
50. Character as Affecting damages.
In civil cases, the fact that the character of any person is such as to affect the amount of damages which he ought to receive, is relevant.
Explanation.-In this section and sections 46, 47 and 49, the word "character" includes both reputation and disposition; but, except as provided in section 49, evidence may be given only of general reputation and general disposition, and not of particular acts by which reputation or disposition has been shown.
Related Sections
- Section 55: Oral evidence to be direct
- Section 85: Presumption as to electronic agreements
- Section 96: Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- Section 100: Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- Section 153: Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
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