Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter III: Facts Which Need Not Be Proved
Section 56: Fact judicially noticeable need not be proved
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024.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.
No fact of which the Court will take judicial notice need be proved.
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 56
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Dashrath v. The State of Maharashtra
The conviction of the appellant as well as the sentence imposed on him u/ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w. s.13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is questioned.
- Harendra Rai v. The State of Bihar & Ors.
- Kalpana Mehta and Others v. Union of India and Others