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Under Section 51 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, "No fact of which the Court will take…

Section 51 dispenses with formal proof of a fact once the court takes judicial notice of it. Section 56 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 stated the same rule. Section 52…

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Under Section 51 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, "No fact of which the Court will take judicial notice _____."

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Section 51 dispenses with formal proof of a fact once the court takes judicial notice of it. Section 56 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 stated the same rule.

Section 52 specifies facts the court must judicially notice. Under Section 52(2), the court may require appropriate reference material before taking notice at a person’s request.

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Option A

Section 51 dispenses with proof when the court takes judicial notice. It does not prescribe an evidentiary presumption.

Option B

Section 51 concerns dispensing with proof, rather than whether the fact can be questioned.

Option C

Once the court takes judicial notice, Section 51 dispenses with proof of the fact.

Option D

Section 51 imposes no requirement that the fact be contested.

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