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E-Discovery Is Coming to Indian Courts. Is Your Firm Ready?
Electronic evidence under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam changes how firms preserve, collect and produce digital records.
Adv. Kiran Narayanan writes · 1 min read · 30 Sept 2026
Adv. Kiran Narayanan
Advocate · Neetiman Integrity Services
Advocate practising in Kochi, advising on fraud prevention, corporate governance and dispute resolution.
The new evidence framework
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam treats electronic records as primary evidence, raising the bar for authentication and chain of custody.
Preservation duties
Litigation holds must now cover messaging apps, cloud drives and personal devices used for work.
Tooling choices
Mid-sized firms can start with defensible collection tools and hash-based verification before investing in full review platforms.
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