Evidential Standards for the Admission of E-Records Before the Court of Law

In any legal proceedings before the court of law, thecourt of law.The information produced in the form of a
application of the rules of evidence apply so as todata message shall be given due evidential weight as
accept the admissibility of a data message incomparison with paper based evidence irrespective
evidence, the ground which data message andfact of non-admission before court and their inability to
electronic communication be accepted before courtsinterpret the same because technicality of evidence. In
and how the course of legal proceeding best evidenceevidence what ever form it is produced must fulfill
can be produced and admitted. The civil proceeding itcertain assessment standards and the electronic
is the legal obligation shouldered on plaintiff to producemessage must be given same the evidential weight as
electronic evidence and plaintiff adducing it couldpaper based evidence, there are various factors they
reasonably be expected to obtain and produce beforehave to rely on the manner in which the data
the court on the grounds that it is in its original form.message was generated, stored, communicated and
The admission of electronic often not accepted asproduced before the court of law. The integrity of the
computer based file or records, the plaintiff have toinformation the manner it is recorded by authenticated
produce it, some how, he has to produce into paperauthorities and the manner in which its originator was
based form for acceptance as evidence before theidentified, and any other relevant factor .