Mera Samvidhaan All of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

Order VI · Pleadings generally

13Presumptions of law.

Order 6, Rule 13

Neither party need in any pleading allege any matter of fact which the law presumes in his favour or as to which the burden of proof lies upon the other side unless the same has first been specifically denied (e.g., consideration for a bill of exchange where the plaintiff sues only on the bill and not for the consideration as a substantive ground of claim).

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