Electronic Record as Evidence in the Courts: An Analysis

Abstract

In our day to day life, electronic devices and gadgets are playing the vital and indispensable role as now almost all systems, viz, Banking, Commerce, Trade, and Education etc. have been much depending upon internet and computers. Digital cameras, video and audio recorders, Compact Discs, SD Cards of mobile have made a pertinent place in our daily activities. However, the same technology also generates a new kind of problem before the legal system that how to prove the electronic record before the courts of law so that the same can be used as evidence. This article explores the Laws and relevant case laws in India in order to trace out the present state of affair of electronic records in the form of evidence and its admissibility in India.