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Whats App Chats as an Evidence ......in the court

Does your WhatsApp can be used as an Evidence? A Sweet and simple answer would be yes . But it is really effective, will it be admissible in the court? Is a WhatsApp conversation accepted by Indian court as an Evidence? WhatsApp Evidences are called Documentary Evidence and electronic evidences under section 3 of Indian Evidence Act 1872. An Evidence means all statement, which the court permits or to be made before the court as witnesses in the relation with the matter(Case). After the introduction of IT(Information Technology)Act 2000 the scope of evidences were expanded to include electronic records. WhatsApp or data of any social media is an electronic record. By the Virtue of decision on the matter, In State v/s Navjot Sandhu the Supreme Court held that electronic records are prima facie evidence without validation of Section 65B(4) of Evidence Act but just after few years of delivering the judgment the court  in Anvar P.V. v/s P.K. Basheer the court decided t...