Is it admissible to present email as an evidence in the court

634 votes

Yes, an email can be presented in court as electronic evidence. For getting it on record as an admissible evidence, it will have to be filed along with an Affidavit under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act.

Advocate Mishika Singh LawRato

747 votes

All documents including electronic records​ producted for the inspection of the court such documents are called documentary​ evidence.hence the print out of an email as document will be admitted as evidence by a court just like other documents that the condition mentioned in the section are completed with.

Advocate Ragini Saxena LawRato

723 votes

According to the Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act,
Admissibility of electronic records:
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any information contained in an electronic record which is
printed on a paper,
stored, recorded or copied in optical or magnetic media produced by a computer (hereinafter referred to
as the computer output) shall be deemed to be also a document, if the conditions mentioned in this section are satisfied in relation to the information and computer in question and shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof or production of the original, as evidence of any contents of the original or of any fact stated therein of which direct evidence would be admissible.
Hence, the print-out of an email or CD or DVD of a document will be admitted as evidence by a court, just like any other document, provided that the “conditions” mentioned in the section are complied with.

Advocate Siddhant Sharma LawRato

948 votes

hi

e mail court mai ek evidence ka kam karti hai jis ko ke court bhi usko evidence ke roop mai sawikar karta hai or e mail ko evidence mana jata hai

es liye aap email ko evidence bana sakte hai or apna case lad sakte ho

Advocate Sandeep Kadian LawRato

598 votes

yes you can use the email contents as an evidence in the court. however let me know what kind of case is it and documents that you have received in your email. Also from which government department you have received the documents.

Advocate Meenakshi Aggarwal LawRato