Section 56 of Evidence Act "Fact Judicially noticeable need not be proved"
No fact of which the Court will take judicial notice need be proved.
Section 57 of Evidence Act "Facts of which Court must take judicial notice"
The Court shall take judicial notice of the following
facts:-
[(1) All laws in force in the territory of India :]
(2) All public Acts passed or hereafter to be passed by
Parliament [of the United Kingdom], and all local and
personal Acts directed by Parliament [of the United Kingdom]
to be judicially noticed;
(3) Articles of War for [ the Indian ] Army [Navy or Air
Force];
(4) The course of proceeding of Parliament of the United
Kingdom, of the Constituent Assembly of India, of Parliament
and of the legislatures established under any laws for the
time being in force in a Province or in the States;
(5) The accession and the sign manual of the Sovereign for
the time being of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland ;
(6) All seals of which English Courts take judicial notice:
the seals of all the [Courts in [India]] and of all Courts
out of [India] established by the authority of [the Central
Government or the Crown Representative]; the seals of Courts
of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction and of Notaries
Public, and all seals which any person is authorized to use
by [the Constitution or an Act of Parliament of the United
Kingdom or an] Act or Regulation having the force of law in
[India]
(7) The accession to office, names, titles, functions and
signatures of the persons filling for the time being any
public office in any State, if the fact of their appointment
to such office is notified in [any Official Gazette];
(8) The existence, title and national flag of every State or
Sovereign recognized by [the Government of India];
(9) The divisions of time, the geographical divisions of the
world, and public festivals, fasts and holidays notified in
the Official Gazette;
(10) The territories under the dominion of [ the Government
of India];
(11) The commencement, continuance, and termination of
hostilities between 44[the Government of India] and any
other State or body of persons;
(12) The names of the members and officers of the Court and
of their deputies and subordinate officers and assistants,
and also of all officers acting in execution of its process,
and of or all advocates, attorneys, proctors, vakils,
pleaders and other persons authorized by law to appear or
act before it;
(13) The rule of the road [ on land or at sea].
In all these cases, and also on all matters of public history, literature, science or art, the Court may resort for its aid to appropriate books or documents of reference.
If the Court is called upon by any person to take judicial notice of any fact, it may refuse to do so unless and until such person produces any such book or document as it may consider necessary to enable it to do so.