Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 21, BSA: Admissions in civil cases when relevant
Section 21 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the Evidence Act provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BSA provision | Evidence Act provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 21 | Section 23 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: Evidence Act to BSA.
The section
21. Admissions in civil cases when relevant.
In civil cases no admission is relevant, if it is made either upon an express condition that evidence of it is not to be given, or under circumstances from which the Court can infer that the parties agreed together that evidence of it should not be given. Explanation.--Nothing in this section shall be taken to exempt any advocate from giving evidence of any matter of which he may be compelled to give evidence under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 132.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, section 21 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BSA to Evidence Act (read 1 September 2026)