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A written agreement states a sale price of ₹50,00,000 or ₹60,00,000 and leaves the property number…

Section 96 excludes evidence to choose between facially ambiguous prices. The blank-deed illustration excludes evidence supplying what the blank was meant to contain.…

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A written agreement states a sale price of ₹50,00,000 or ₹60,00,000 and leaves the property number blank. Solely to explain those facial defects, can oral evidence be admitted under section 96 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?

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Section 96 excludes evidence to choose between facially ambiguous prices. The blank-deed illustration excludes evidence supplying what the blank was meant to contain. Combining the defects does not remove the exclusion. Both the alternative price and blank are patent defects covered by the section. See section 96 and its illustrations in the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

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Option A

Section 96 excludes evidence to choose between facially ambiguous prices.

Option B

The blank-deed illustration excludes evidence supplying what the blank was meant to contain.

Option C

Combining the defects does not remove the exclusion.

Option D

Both the alternative price and blank are patent defects covered by the section.

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