Section 88A Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 88A of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Presumption as to electronic messages’. It is under ‘PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS‘ of Chapter V of the Act. Chapter V is titled ‘OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE‘.
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).]
See also:
Section 88 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Presumption as to telegraphic messages)