Certificate under section 65 b of indian evidence act

In the age of digitisation and increasing reliance on computerised records in judicial proceedings, the Supreme Court has held that the requirement of a certificate to make an electronic evidence admissible is not mandatory "wherever interest of justice so justifies".

Dear Sohit,

Section 65B(1) of the Evidence Act states that any information contained in an electronic record, whether printed on paper, recorded, stored, or copied on either optical or magnetic media, is deemed to be a document if the conditions set forth in Section 65B(2) are met (under the Evidence Act).

The Supreme Court has stated that a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act,1872 is required for the production of electronic evidence before the court in a three-judge bench led by Justices RF Nariman, S Ravindra Bhat, and V Ramasubramanium.

Regards,

Aryan Raj 

Rama Sir, can you please quote the citation.

Dear Solitude,

For further information in order to clarify your doubt you may refer to the case of Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailas Khusanrao Gorantyal and Ors. 

Regards,

Aryan Raj