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Whether e-mail/s acknowledging the debt would constitute a v

 

Whether e-mail/s acknowledging the debt would constitute a valid and legal acknowledgement of debt though not signed as required under Section 18 of the Limitation Act?

 

A harmonious reading of Section 4 together with definition clauses as extracted hereinabove would indicate that on account of digital and new communication systems having taken giant steps and the business community as well as individuals are undisputedly using computers to create, transmit and store information in the electronic form rather than using the traditional paper documents and as such the information so generated, transmitted and received are to be construed as meeting the requirement of section 18 of the Limitation Act, particularly in view of the fact that section 4 contains a non obstante clause. Since respondent does not dispute the information transmitted by it is in electronic form to the petitioner by way of message through the use of computer and its network as not having been sent by it to the petitioner, the acknowledgement as found in the e-mails dated 14.01.2010 and 06.04.2010 originating from the respondent to the addressee namely, petitioner, such e-mails have to be construed and read as a due and proper acknowledgement and it would meet the parameters laid down under section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963 to constitute a valid and legal acknowledgement of debt due.

21. For the reasons aforestated and in view of the discussion made herein above, I am of the considered view that point formulated herein above requires to be answered by holding that an acknowledgement of debt by e-mail originating from a person who intends to send or transmit such electronic message to any other person who would be the 'addressee' would constitute a valid acknowledgment of debt and it would satisfy the requirement of Section 18 of the

https://www.lawweb.in/2014/01/whether-e-mails-acknowledging-debt.html



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 2 Replies

Satya Siva Kumar Mandiga (adovate)     10 February 2014

Dear Friend,

Two acts can be referred in this matter:

Section 4 and 7 of the Contract Act 1872 and further it satisfies Section 2(1)(b), 7 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996.  In the absence of a signed agreement inference can be from documents approved and signed by the parties in the form of exchange emails, letters, telegrams which come within Section 10 and 2(e) of the Contract Act 1972. And also IT Act 2000 supported .

So Email Acceptance is a valid to sue legaly.

mahendra limaye (Cyber Legal Consultant)     10 February 2014

Certainly as per I T Act e-mail is valid legal evidence.The facts of case need to be verified.


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