Section 50: Character as affecting damages

Corresponding Evidence Act provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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1. 1. Under Section 50 of the BSA read with its Explanation, where in a civil case the character of a person affects the amount of damages he ought to receive, the word 'character':

   A.means disposition only, and it is to be proved by evidence of particular acts done by the person concernedB.includes reputation and disposition, both of which are ordinarily to be proved by evidence of particular actsC.means reputation only, so that evidence of the person's disposition is excluded altogether in all such casesD.includes reputation and disposition, but only general reputation and disposition may be shown, not particular acts
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