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Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 20 April 2023 This query is : Resolved
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what is the evidentiary value of WhatsApp in courts are they admissible in court?

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kavksatyanarayana (Expert) 21 April 2023
I opine WhatsApp chats are allowed to use as evidence in court cases provided the device/computer must have been regularly used.

Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 22 April 2023
WhatsApp chats are admissible in evidence if compliance of sec 65(B) of Evidence Act is fulfilled.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 22 April 2023
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on July 14, 2021 in A2Z Infraservices Ltd. Versus Quippo Infrastructure Ltd. (Now Known As Viom Infra Ventures Ltd.) SLP(C) No. 8636/2021;
The complexities arises as only the printouts of the conversations may be presented in court, the nature of WhatsApp chats is largely secondary. However, the Indian Evidence Act requires that any "electronic record" be presented in the main form of evidence or that the document is proven by primary evidence before it may be admitted as evidence.The Courts have time and again answered the question of whether WhatsApp Chats have any evidentiary value or not and have emphasized and ruled that WhatsApp chats cannot be used as evidence without a certificate under Section 65B of the Evidence Act.