BSA Section 18 — Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit

Summary

Statements made by a person to whom a party to a suit has expressly referred for information about a matter in dispute are treated as admissions. This means if one side in a case tells the other side to go and ask a specific person for details about the disputed issue, whatever that person says on the matter counts as an admission by the party who made the referral.

The illustration shows this: the question is whether a horse sold by A to B is sound. A tells B to go and ask C, saying C knows all about it. C's statement on the horse's soundness is then considered an admission.

Official Text

Statements made by persons to whom a party to the suit has expressly referred for information in reference to a matter in dispute are admissions.

Illustration. The question is, whether a horse sold by A to B is sound. A says to B— “Go and ask C, C knows all about it”. C's statement is an admission.

Related Judgments

• HIRACHAND KOTHARI (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. vs STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR — Supreme Court of India (1985)
• K.M. SINGH vs SECRETARY, ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHERS — Supreme Court of India (1992)
• SRI CHAND GUPTA vs GULZAR SINGH AND ANR — Supreme Court of India (1991)
• CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION vs V.C. SHUKLA AND ORS — Supreme Court of India (1998)
• KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK LIMITED vs KEW PRECISION PARTS PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2022)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• IEA §20 — Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit