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A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for Rs. 1,000 or Rs. 1500. To show which price was to be…

Under illustration (a) to Section 96 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 93 of the Indian Evidence Act), where a writing fixes the price in the…

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A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for Rs. 1,000 or Rs. 1500. To show which price was to be given-

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Under illustration (a) to Section 96 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 93 of the Indian Evidence Act), where a writing fixes the price in the alternative as Rs. 1,000 or Rs. 1,500, the ambiguity is patent and "Oral evidence cannot be given" to show which price was agreed.

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