Section 65B

The circumstantial evidence murder case Supreme Court judgment India clarifies that conviction cannot stand where forensic chain of custody is broken and electronic evidence fails Section 65B requirements.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that Family Courts are not bound by strict Evidence Act rules and may admit electronic evidence without a Section 65B certificate. Upholding a divorce decree based on mobile phone photographs, the Court emphasised the prioritisation of substantive justice over procedural technicalities.