50 Bsa - Character as affecting damages

Section 50 : Character as affecting damages - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

50. In civil cases, the fact that the character of any person is such as to affect the amount of damages which he ought to receive, is relevant.

Explanation. -In this section and sections 46, 47 and 49, the word "character" includes both reputation and disposition; but, except as provided in section 49, evidence may be given only of general reputation and general disposition, and not of particular acts by which reputation or disposition has been shown.