Evidence Act · Chapter II · Of the relevancy of facts
Evidence Act section 51, “Grounds of opinion, when relevant”, is now BSA section 45 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
The words are the same as in the Evidence Act, apart from “Adhiniyam” for the Act’s own name and the new numbers of the sections it refers to.
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Whenever the opinion of any living person is relevant, the grounds on which such opinion is based are also relevant.
An expert may give an account of experiments performed by him for the purpose of forming his opinion.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Whenever the opinion of any living person is relevant, the grounds on which such opinion is based are also relevant.
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An expert may give an account of experiments performed by him for the purpose of forming his opinion.
The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.
The BSA repealed the Indian Evidence Act from 1 July 2024 (section 170(1)). Any application, trial, inquiry, investigation, proceeding or appeal pending immediately before that date is dealt with under the Evidence Act as it then stood, as if the BSA had not come into force (section 170(2)).
