IEA 88A — Presumption as to electronic messages

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

[88A.  Presumption  as  to  electronic  messages. ––  The  Court  may  presume  that  an  electronic
message,  forwarded  by  the  originator  through  an  electronic  mail  server  to  the  addressee  to  whom  the
message purports to be addressed corresponds with the message as fed into his computer for transmission;
but the Court shall not make any presumption as to the person by whom such message was sent.
Explanation. ––  For the purposes of this section, the expressions “addressee” and “originator” shall have  the  same  meanings  respectively  assigned  to  them  in  clauses  (b)  and  (za)  of  sub-section  (1)  of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).]

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