Section 18: Admission –– by party to proceeding or his agent; by suitor in representative character; by party interested in subject-matter; by person from whom interest derived
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872Central Act · Act 1 of 1872
Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024
Statements made by a party to the proceeding, or by an agent to any such party, whom the Court regards, under the circumstances of the case, as expressly or impliedly authorized by him to make them, are admissions.
by suitor in representative character. -- Statements made by parties to suits suing or sued in a representative character, are not admissions, unless they were made while the party making them held that character.
Statements made by --
(1) by party interested in subject-matter.-- persons who have any proprietary or pecuniary interest in the subject-matter of the proceeding, and who make the statement in their character of persons so interested, or
(2) by person from whom interest derived. -- persons from whom the parties to the suit have derived their interest in the subject-matter of the suit,
are admissions, if they are made during the continuance of the interest of the persons making the statements.
Admission –– by party to proceeding or his agent; by suitor in representative character; by party interested in subject-matter; by person from whom interest derived
