A major focus of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam(BSA) is to broaden the scope of 'documents' to include:
Electronic records, including emails, server logs, and digital signatures
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and came into force on 1 July 2024, along with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Its definition of 'document' expressly covers electronic and digital records, such as emails, server logs, documents on computers, laptops or smartphones, messages, websites, locational evidence and voice mail, and electronic records are given the same legal effect as paper documents.
So the Act does not confine documents to paper-based or certified public records. Oral testimony is a separate category ('oral evidence'), though the BSA also allows oral evidence to be given electronically.
Hence, the BSA broadens 'documents' to include electronic records, including emails, server logs, and digital signatures.
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A Rash and Negligent act endangering life of others, which did not result in harm to anyone, is _______
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- Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code deals with which of the following crimes?
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