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Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter II: Of the Relevancy of Facts · Admissions

Section 20: Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.

Now in the BSA section 18 (Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit)

In plain words

Statements by persons to whom a party has expressly referred for information about a matter in dispute are admissions.

Example: A sells a horse to B and says "Go and ask C, C knows all about it". C's statement is an admission.

A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.

Official text

Statements made by persons to whom a party to the suit has expressly referred for information in reference to a matter in dispute are admissions.

Illustration The question is, whether a horse sold by A to B is sound. A says to B––“Go and ask C, C knows all about it”. C’s statement is an admission.

Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 20