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Are phone call recordings admissable as evidence in the court ?
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Audio Call recordings are admissible in evidence 

  • The voice of the speaker in the recording must be duly recognized by the people who was making the recording or the voice of the speaker in the recording whose admissibility is in question must be recognized by anyone involved in the case.

  • The recording in question must be authentic and this has to be proved by the person presenting the evidence through sufficient means.

  • The whole conversation will have to be presented before the court. No tampering or erasing of even a microsecond is admissible. The court looks into the whole conversation as one and decides according to it only.

  • The said statements must be relevant and in accordance with the facts of the case.

  • The recorded device in which the voice recording is stored must be sealed and kept in safe custody.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Yes they are admissible.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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Phone call recordings are treated as admissible evidence.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
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Yes, very much, if the authenticity of such recordings can be forensically established.

Swaminathan Neelakantan
Advocate, Coimbatore
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Dear client, 

Electronic records are admissible as per Section 65A and 65B of the same act. Due to these provisions, call recordings are admissible in a court of law.

Thank you. 

Anik Miu
Advocate, Bangalore
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125 Consultations

All electronic evidence phone calls, videos, email texts are admissible in Court as evidence.

Ravi Shinde
Advocate, Hyderabad
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There is a  procedure to followed to produce the phone call or any electronic form of evidence before court to admit them as primary evidence, the procedure is laid down in the provision under section 65B, of the Indian evidence act. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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Yes it's admissible but need to get it proved through rule of evidence

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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- As per Section 65A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 , The contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 65B.

- Further, Audio recordings are admissible as evidence, if they appear to be trustworthy, genuine and have been corroborated by other evidence. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
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