Which of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provide: “No communication made…
Section 31 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 93 IPC) protects a communication made in good faith for the recipient's benefit, even when the…
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Which of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provide: “No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whom it is made, if it is made for the benefit of that person”?
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Correct answer D
Section 31 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 93 IPC) protects a communication made in good faith for the recipient's benefit, even when the communication causes harm. Its illustration concerns a surgeon honestly telling a patient about a fatal prognosis, after which the patient dies from shock. Both good faith and the recipient's benefit matter; the exception is not a general licence to make harmful statements.
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