IEA Section 12 is now BSA 10: In suits for damages, facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · applies to offences and proceedings before 1 July 2024
BPR&D's comparison records a change. Read what changed before relying on the old wording.
What changed, per BPR&D: No change except in the heading, where the words "In suits for damages" are placed at the end instead of the beginning.
Printed in both official correspondence tables (BPR&D and NCRB).
IEA 12: In suits for damages, facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant
Before 1 July 2024
In suits in which damages are claimed, any fact which will enable the Court to determine the amount of damages which ought to be awarded is relevant.
BSA 10: Facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant in suits for damages
From 1 July 2024
In suits in which damages are claimed, any fact which will enable the Court to determine the amount of damages which ought to be awarded, is relevant.
Which one applies
Under section 170(2) of the BSA, an application, trial, inquiry, investigation, proceeding or appeal already pending on 1 July 2024 is dealt with under the Evidence Act; one begun on or after that date, under the BSA.
Read BSA section 170 →Judgments decided under IEA 12
They remain the law on IEA 12. Where the provision changed in the move, read what changed before relying on one for an offence after 1 July 2024.
Sources
- Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, page 2.
- Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), page 10.
- The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act 1 of 1872), as amended, India Code, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.
BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.