Telephone conversation recording valid evidence: SC

A compact disc containing recording of telephone conversation could be valid evidence according to Section 3of the Evidence Act and Section 2(t) of the Information Technology Act, the Supreme Court has stated in the case, KK Velusamy vs N Palanisamy. One of the parties in a suit over sale of property produced a CD in the court as evidence. The opposite party objected to its validity as evidence, arguing that the recordings were created with the help of mimicry specialists. In this context, the Supreme Court stated that electronically recorded conversation is admissible in evidence, if the conversation is relevant to the matter in issue and the voice is identified and the accuracy of the recorded conversation is proved by eliminating the possibility of erasure, addition or manipulation. A CD recording of a relevant conversation is comparable to a photograph of a relevant incident. - www.business-standard.com