Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter II: Of the Relevancy of Facts · Opinions of third persons when relevant
Section 51: Grounds of opinion, when relevant
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to offences and proceedings from before that date.
Whenever the opinion of any living person is relevant, the grounds on which such opinion is based are also relevant.
Illustration An expert may give an account of experiments performed by him for the purpose of forming his opinion.
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 51
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