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Under Section 119 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the court may presume a fact it thinks…

Section 119 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) allows a discretionary inference by reference to natural events,…

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Under Section 119 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the court may presume a fact it thinks likely to have happened, having regard to the common course of:
(a) Natural events.
(b) Public and private business.
(c) Human conduct.
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Section 119 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) allows a discretionary inference by reference to natural events, human conduct, and public and private business in relation to the particular facts. All three categories are named. Such an inference is not compulsory or conclusive and remains subject to the circumstances and contrary evidence.

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