https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199856 In a civil suit, an allegation that an agreement was a bribe is proved on the balance of probabilities, not by the criminal standard of beyond reasonable doubt, even though the court must keep the presumption of honesty or innocence and the probabilities of the case in view. On that approach, the concurrent findings based on evidence and legitimate inferences were not disturbed, and the surrounding circumstances supported the conclusion that the agreement was intended as a bribe. The Court further held that such bribery falls within section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, so the challenge to the finding failed and the agreement was treated as unenforceable on that basis. en-us Tue, 22 Feb 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:06:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199856 In a civil suit, an allegation that an agreement was a bribe is proved on the balance of probabilities, not by the criminal standard of beyond reasonable doubt, even though the court must keep the presumption of honesty or innocence and the probabilities of the case in view. On that approach, the concurrent findings based on evidence and legitimate inferences were not disturbed, and the surrounding circumstances supported the conclusion that the agreement was intended as a bribe. The Court further held that such bribery falls within section 23 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, so the challenge to the finding failed and the agreement was treated as unenforceable on that basis. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Feb 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199856