Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 90
Presumption as to electronic messages
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BSA Section 90 deals with presumption as to electronic messages and replaces Evidence Act 88A.
Bare act text — BSA 90
90. 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.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 88A → BSA 90: Explanation excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 90 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 90 (Presumption as to electronic messages) replaces Section 88A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 88A is now BSA 90.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 85 — Presumption as to electronic agreements
- BSA 86 — Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
- BSA 87 — Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
- BSA 88 — Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- BSA 89 — Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- BSA 91 — Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- BSA 92 — Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- BSA 93 — Presumption as to electronic records five years old
- BSA 94 — Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- BSA 95 — Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement