The question (6 marks)
Your client wishes to prove her case by producing printouts of e-mails taken from her office computer and a compact disc of a recorded conversation, and says that she will prove them by stepping into the witness box and swearing that they are genuine. Advise her on how such material is to be proved and on what must accompany it. (6 marks)
MU Module IV, electronic evidence; pack ch. 04, Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer and s. 65B.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Legal Writing, PIL Research, Technology and the Law Office of Practical Training – II: Alternate Dispute Resolution.
Authorities you will need
- Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer
- Section 65B(1)
- Section 45A, Indian Evidence Act
- Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal (2020)
- Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam
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