Section 109 Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 109 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent’. It is under Chapter VII of the Act. Chapter VII is titled ‘OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF‘.
Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent
When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and agent, and it has been shown that they have been acting as such, the burden of proving that they do not stand, or have ceased to stand, to each other in those relationships respectively, is on the person who affirms it.
See also:
Section 108 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years)