INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
109. Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent.
112. Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
109. Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal
and agent. –– When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and
agent, and it has been shown that they have been acting as such, the burden of proving that they do not
stand, or have ceased to stand, to each other in those relationships respectively, is on the person who
affirms it.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
112. Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal
and agent.—When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and
agent, and it has been shown that they have been acting as such, the burden of proving that they do not
stand, or have ceased to stand, to each other in those relationships respectively, is on the person who
affirms it.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023