Admissibility of Electronic Evidence

Technology is improving day by day to benefit mankind. However, the world is a combination of good and bad. There are many people who use technology for crime and other illegal activities. Section 65B allows anything present in the Evidence Act, any information contained in an electronic record is deemed to be a document and is admissible as evidence in court without further proof of the original production.

Digital evidence is often ruled inadmissible by courts because it was obtained without authorization. In most jurisdictions a warrant is required to seize and investigate digital devices. 

Most of the electronic contracts are taken place through emails so the proof of the transactions actually taking place is present only in email data which are mostly signed with electronic signatures. Moreover, during the legal proceedings the prosecution can use electronic evidence in court to prove the guilt of the accused. The acceptance of electronic records as evidence in court of law has come gradually over a period of time.

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