And further, it has led to questions being raised about whether cases being filed without the evidence having been registered on eSakshya will hold at all. This recording should then be sent to the District Magistrate, Sub-divisional Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the first class, according to section 105 of BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023). Many legal professionals and law enforcement officers have expressed doubts about the infrastructure and training required to effectively use the eSakshya app. "We have been given training and classes about the three new laws, but not much has been told about the app. The new mandate has also sparked a debate about the security of uploading sensitive evidence and case details to a cloud-based platform.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2024 17:55 UTC