BSA · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 14 — Existence of course of business when relevant.
Replaces Evidence Act Section 16.
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.
Nearby sections
- 11 Facts relevant when right or custom is in question.
- 12 Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body or bodily feeling.
- 13 Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional.
- 15 Admission defined.
- 16 Admission by party to proceeding or his agent.
- 17 Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit.
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