IEA Section 49 — Opinion as to usages, tenets, etc., when relevant

Summary

When a court needs to decide about the customs and beliefs of a group or family, the rules and management of a religious or charity organization, or the meaning of local or group-specific words, the views of people who have special knowledge about these matters can be considered as evidence.

Official Text

When the Court has to form an opinion as to—
the usages and tenets of any body of men or family,
the constitution and government of any religious or charitable foundation, or
the meaning of words or terms used in particular districts or by particular classes of people,
the opinions of persons having special means of knowledge thereon, are relevant facts.

Related Judgments

• SRI SRI SRI LAKSHAMANA YATENDRULU AND ORS. ETC. ETC. vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANR — Supreme Court of India (1996)
• RAVINDRA RAMCHANDRA WAGHMARE vs INDORE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2016)
• Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction; Appellate Side; The Hon’ble Justice vs The State of West Bengal and others, With, WPA 1927 of 2022, Rajya Vid — Calcutta High Court (Kolkata Principal Seat) (2022)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BSA §43 — Opinion as to usages, tenets, etc., when relevant