Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 50
Character as affecting damages
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BSA Section 50 deals with character as affecting damages and replaces Evidence Act 55.
Bare act text — BSA 50
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.
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What was BSA Section 50 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 50 (Character as affecting damages) replaces Section 55 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 55 is now BSA 50.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 45 — Grounds of opinion, when relevant
- BSA 46 — In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant
- BSA 47 — In criminal cases previous good character relevant
- BSA 48 — Evidence of character or previous sexual experience not relevant in certain cases
- BSA 49 — Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply
- BSA 51 — Fact judicially noticeable need not be proved
- BSA 52 — Facts of which Court shall take judicial notice
- BSA 53 — Facts admitted need not be proved
- BSA 54 — Proof of facts by oral evidence
- BSA 55 — Oral evidence to be direct