Tag: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

The Authenticity Challenge: Addressing the Concern of Producing Deepfake Generated Media as Evidence in Courts

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- Rohan Mishra Introduction The most common phenomenon is ‘seeing is believing’ or ‘what you see is what you will believe’ - but for how long we can rely upon this theory? As society grows with modern day technological advancement, people put a lot of probative weight to digital content such as images and videos. … Continue reading The Authenticity Challenge: Addressing the Concern of Producing Deepfake Generated Media as Evidence in Courts

From Untrustworthy to Trustworthy? The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam’s Mandatory Corroboration of Accomplice Evidence

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- Yushmita Sidar. Introduction “When the only proof against a person charged with a criminal offence is the evidence of an accomplice, uncorroborated in any material particular, it is the duty of the judge to warn the jury that it is unsafe to convict any person upon such evidence, though they have a legal right … Continue reading From Untrustworthy to Trustworthy? The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam’s Mandatory Corroboration of Accomplice Evidence