Section 65B of IEA : Section 65B: Admissibility Of Electronic Records

Explanation using Example

Imagine a scenario where a bank is involved in a legal dispute with a customer over an alleged unauthorized transaction. The customer claims that they did not initiate a transaction that resulted in a substantial amount of money being transferred out of their account. The bank, on the other hand, asserts that their electronic records show that the transaction was authenticated and initiated using the customer's credentials.

In court, the bank wishes to submit the transaction records as evidence. These records are electronic in nature and include logs from their computer systems that tracked the transaction in question. To comply with Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, the bank must ensure that the printout of these electronic records meets the following conditions:

• The computer that produced the re...

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