CLP's Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (Act 47 Of 2023) Commentary By Prof. Ullas Kumar Saha - 1st Edition 2026
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| Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act 47 of 2023) - Commentary by Prof. Ullas Kumar Saha, published by Central Law Publications, is a section-wise commentary on the new law of evidence that has replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. This 1st Edition 2026 gives a systematic analysis of relevancy and admissibility, the burden of proof and presumptions, oral and documentary evidence, electronic and digital records, expert testimony, admissions and confessions, and the examination of witnesses, explained in accessible language and placed within the reformed criminal justice system alongside the BNS and the BNSS. Written for advocates, judges, judicial service aspirants, law students, academicians and researchers, it works both as a course text and as a reference to carry into court. |
Tags: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), Evidence Law, Legal Commentary, New Criminal Law
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act 47 of 2023) — Commentary by Prof. Ullas Kumar Saha, published by Central Law Publications, is a commentary on the new law of evidence that has replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. This is the 1st Edition, 2026.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam came into force on 1 July 2024 alongside the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. Much of the substance of the 1872 Act has been carried forward, but the numbering has changed throughout, the treatment of electronic records has been expanded, and some provisions have been recast. For anyone who learned evidence under the old Act — which is to say almost everyone in practice — a commentary that works through the new statute in its own order is the quickest way to make the transition.
Key Features
- 1st Edition 2026, published by Central Law Publications
- Systematic, provision-by-provision analysis of the Adhiniyam
- Explains the transition from the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
- Full treatment of electronic and digital records
- Written in accessible language for study and for courtroom use
- Placed in the context of the reformed criminal justice system — BNS, BNSS and BSA together
- English
Coverage
- Relevancy of facts and the principles of admissibility
- Admissions and confessions, including confessions to police and in custody
- Oral evidence and the rule requiring it to be direct
- Documentary evidence — primary and secondary evidence, proof of documents, and public documents
- Electronic and digital records and the conditions for their admissibility
- Expert testimony and opinion evidence
- Burden of proof and the presumptions the Adhiniyam raises
- Estoppel
- Witnesses — competence, compellability, privilege, and the examination of witnesses including examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination
- Improper admission and rejection of evidence
About the Author
Prof. Ullas Kumar Saha writes on criminal law and evidence, and his books are published by Central Law Publications for the Indian law school and professional market.
Who Should Buy This Book?
- Advocates appearing in criminal and civil trials
- Judges and judicial officers
- Candidates for judicial service examinations, where the BSA has replaced the Evidence Act in the syllabus
- Public Prosecutors and investigating officers
- LL.B. and B.A. LL.B. students taking the Law of Evidence
- LL.M. students, academicians and legal researchers
- Law college and institutional libraries
Why Choose This Book?
Evidence is the most practical subject in a trial lawyer's working knowledge, and the change of statute has unsettled a body of learning built up over 150 years. Counsel now have to cite the new section while relying on authorities decided under the old one, and students have to learn a statute on which the case law is still developing.
A single-volume commentary that follows the Adhiniyam in its own sequence, explains what has changed and what has been carried over, and gives proper space to electronic evidence, meets both needs — usable in court and at the desk, and written clearly enough to study from.
