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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the photograph of a building is :

Section 58 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 63 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) includes in secondary evidence "copies made from the original by…

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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the photograph of a building is :

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Section 58 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 63 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) includes in secondary evidence "copies made from the original by mechanical processes". A photograph is a mechanical copy of what it shows, so a photograph of a building is treated as secondary evidence of it; the building itself, if inspected, is the primary source.

A photograph is not "no evidence": it is admissible once its accuracy is proved.

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