Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 169
No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence
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BSA Section 169 deals with no new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence and replaces Evidence Act 167.
Bare act text — BSA 169
169. No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence.
The improper admission or rejection of evidence shall not be ground of itself for a new trial or reversal of any decision in any case, if it shall appear to the Court before which such objection is raised that, independently of the evidence objected to and admitted, there was sufficient evidence to justify the decision, or that, if the rejected evidence had been received, it ought not to have varied the decision.
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What was BSA Section 169 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 169 (No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence) replaces Section 167 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 167 is now BSA 169.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 164 — Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory
- BSA 165 — Production of documents
- BSA 166 — Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
- BSA 167 — Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice
- BSA 168 — Judge's power to put questions or order production
- BSA 170 — Repeal and savings