Section 114 Evidence Act: Presumption Of Continuity Can Be Drawn Not Only Forward But Backward Also: SC [Read Order]

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8 Dec 2018 11:25 AM IST

  • Section 114 Evidence Act: Presumption Of Continuity Can Be Drawn Not Only Forward But Backward Also: SC [Read Order]

    ‘Court can presume that such state of affairs might have existed in past also unless discontinuity is proved.’The Supreme Court has observed that presumption of continuity as envisaged in Section 114 of the Indian Evidence Act can be drawn backward also.Under Section 114 of the Evidence Act, there is a presumption of continuance of a state of affairs once shown to have prevailed. The...

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