The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 85. Presumption as to electronic agreements.
The Court shall presume that every electronic record purporting to be an agreement containing the electronic or digital signature of the parties was so concluded by affixing the electronic or digital signature of the parties.
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Replaces
Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 85A
Pair from: BPR&D correspondence tables (bprd.mha.gov.in; A. K. Yadav, CAPT Bhopal)
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