A court permits a witness to testify by video link. A party produces a digital record for the court's…
Section 2(1)(e) classifies permitted or required witness statements as oral evidence, including when given electronically. Documents produced for the court's inspection…
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A court permits a witness to testify by video link. A party produces a digital record for the court's inspection. Under section 2(1)(e) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, how are the witness statement and the digital record classified, respectively?
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Correct answer C
Section 2(1)(e) classifies permitted or required witness statements as oral evidence, including when given electronically. Documents produced for the court's inspection include electronic or digital records and are documentary evidence. The classification itself does not decide whether a particular record is admissible.
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Option A
The witness statement remains oral evidence when given electronically with the court's permission.
Option B
The digital record produced for inspection is documentary evidence.
Option C
The definition includes electronically given witness statements as oral evidence and digital records produced for inspection as documentary evidence.
Option D
The statutory classifications are the reverse of those stated here.
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