The Court shall presume that every document, called for and not produced after notice to produce, was attested, stamped and executed in the manner required by law.
PART III ON PROOF · CHAPTER V OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · Presumptions as to documents
Section 91: Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
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
Questions on this section
1 question in 3 of our papers cite Section 91. Try these from the free papers:
1. Under Section 91 of the BSA, where a document has been called for and not produced after notice to produce, the Court shall presume that the document: