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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 162: Refreshing memory
- Section 29: Relevancy of entry in public record or an electronic record made in performance of duty
- Section 44: Opinion on relationship, when relevant
- Section 160: Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact
- Section 125: Witness unable to communicate verbally
Related Acts
- Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- National Commission for Homoeopathy Act, 2020
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2017
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