Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam Dying Declaration Under Section 26 BSA 2023: Meaning, Rules, and Case Law 1. Meaning and Legal Foundation of Dying Declaration A dying declaration is a statement made by a person regarding the cause of their death or the circumstances surrounding the incident Tarun Sharma 20 Mar 2026 · 11 min read
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (BSA) SECTION 25 – ADMISSIONS NOT CONCLUSIVE PROOF BUT MAY ESTOPPEL 1. Statutory Provision Section 25 of the BSA 2023 (analogous to Section 31 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) states: “Admissions are not conclusive proof of the matters admitted, but Tarun Sharma 20 Mar 2026 · 4 min read
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (BSA) General Principles III: Admissions and Confessions (Sections 15 to 21, BSA 2023) Part 2 This is Part 2; please refer to Part 1 for additional context. SECTION 19 – Admissions by Persons Whose Liability is Joint with That of a Party Bare Act Provision: Section Tarun Sharma 18 Jan 2026 · 10 min read
BSA General Principles III: Admissions and Confessions (Sections 15 to 21, BSA 2023) Part 1 This is Part 1; please refer to Part 2 for additional context. Introduction Admissions and confessions are two kinds of statements that help courts reach the truth. These statements are Tarun Sharma 21 Jul 2025 · 9 min read
BSA Facts Necessary to Explain or Introduce a Fact in Issue or Relevant Fact SECTIONS 7 and 10 of BSA 2023 Statutory Text of Section 7 (BSA 2023) “Facts necessary to explain or introduce a fact in issue or relevant fact, or which support Tarun Sharma 5 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
Relevancy of facts under BSA 2023 Relevancy of Facts, Custom, Mental and Physical State (Sections 9, 11, 12, and 13 – BSA 2023) SECTION 9 – Relevancy of Otherwise Irrelevant Facts (Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts) Statutory Language: “Facts necessary to explain or Tarun Sharma 8 Jun 2025 · 11 min read
Res Gestae Doctrine of Res Gestae and Evidence of Common Intention under Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Sections 4, 5, 6 & 8 Of BSA) Introduction The administration of justice depends not just on substantive law but also on procedural law and evidence law. The Bharatiya Sakshya Tarun Sharma 21 May 2025 · 10 min read
