Section 53: Facts admitted need not be proved.

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023Central Act · Act 47 of 2023

No fact needs to be proved in any proceeding which the parties thereto or their agents agree to admit at the hearing, or which, before the hearing, they agree to admit by any writing under their hands, or which by any rule of pleading in force at the time they are deemed to have admitted by their pleadings:

Provided that the Court may, in its discretion, require the facts admitted to be proved otherwise than by such admissions.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section	53
Marginal note	Facts admitted need not be proved.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

Judgments that turned on this provision

OSA/61/2023 of Leela Kumari Vs T.S. Prakash Chand GangMadras High Court · 2026-01-12

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