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CHAPTER VIII.––ESTOPPEL

Section 117: Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

No acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority to draw such bill or to endorse it; nor shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the bailment or licence commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such licence.

Explanation (1).––The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the person by whom it purports to have been drawn.

Explanation (2).––If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.

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

117. Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.BSA 123

Questions on this section

2 questions in 8 of our papers cite Section 117. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Which of the following denials is permitted under Section 123 of the BSA?

  2. 2. A deposits goods with B as bailee. C claims the goods as their true owner, and B delivers them to C. A then sues B for the goods. Under Section 123 of the BSA, B:

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