Electronic evidence at Trial: Appreciating digital issues and Adjudication process

Main Article Content

Dr KVK Santhy,B.Md.Irfan

Abstract

How to admit electronic evidence to decide cases has become a major conundrum in Indian judicial practice. As a new branch of evidence with high technology, digital evidence has been playing an increasingly important role in solving legal disputes. In the meantime, it has also brought variety of issues and challenges into the legal system regarding evidence, such as how to search, seize and preserve digital evidence, how to analyse, review and digital evidence, and more importantly, how to effectively decide cases based on electronic evidence.


Digital or electronic evidence is any probative information stored or transmitted in digital form that a person to a court case may use at trial. Before accepting digital evidence a court will determine if the evidence is relevant, if it is authentic, if it is hearsay and if a copy is acceptable or the original is required.

Article Details

Section
Articles