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CHAPTER VII.––OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Section 111: Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Where there is a question as to the good faith of a transaction between parties, one of whom stands to the other in a position of active confidence, the burden of proving the good faith of the transaction is on the party who is in a position of active confidence.

Illustrations

(a) The good faith of a sale by a client to an attorney is in question in a suit brought by the client. The burden of proving the good faith of the transaction is on the attorney.

(b) The good faith of a sale by a son just come of age to a father is in question in a suit brought by the son. The burden of proving the good faith of the transaction is on the father.

Now in the BSA

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

111. Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence.BSA 114

Questions on this section

3 questions in 19 of our papers cite Section 111. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. A plaintiff sues to set aside a sale deed, alleging that the defendant, who was in a dominating position, obtained it by fraud. Following Anil Rishi v. Gurbaksh Singh (2006), on the burden of proof under Sections 104 and 114 of the BSA (formerly Sections 101 and 111 of the Evidence Act):

  2. 2. B, who has just attained majority, sells his land to his father A. B later sues to set the sale aside, and the good faith of the transaction is in question. Under Section 114 of the BSA, the burden of proving the good faith of the sale is on:

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