YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS IN COURT: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE IS CHANGING CRIMINAL TRIAL

Social media has become a routine source of evidence in Indian criminal trials. With the increased use of such platforms, being used for committing crime, a series of questions related to privacy, freedom of speech, admissibility, and reliability arises when digital footprints from such platforms reach the courtrooms as evidence. This blog will delve into admissibility of such evidence which runs through a strict statutory filter, first under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act and now Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.