Indian Evidence Act, 1872
88A. 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 clause (b) and
(za) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.]