National Current Affairs MCQs - 2026-08-07

The case of Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal (2020) is a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India that provided comprehensive clarification on the interpretation and application of Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, especially concerning the mandatory certificate for electronic records.

The Supreme Court, particularly in the Arjun Panditrao Khotkar case (2020), emphasized that a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act is mandatory for the admissibility of secondary electronic evidence, unless the original electronic device itself is produced as primary evidence.

Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, specifically governs the admissibility of electronic records. The Supreme Court, in various judgments including Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal (2020), has extensively clarified its application and the conditions for admitting digital evidence.

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