The principle of "presumption of survivorship" has been incorporated in the Bharatiya Sakshya…

In the sense of presumed continuance of life, section 110 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 107 of the Indian Evidence Act) is the provision: where a person was known to be alive within thirty years, the person asserting death bears the burden of proving it. Section 111 reverses that burden after seven years without news from those who would naturally have heard. Neither section presumes the exact time of death or determines which of two persons died first; “survivorship” here must not be confused with that separate succession question. Sections 109 and 112 address other burdens.