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4. In terms of Rule 24 of Chapter XI of the Delhi High Court Rules, it is made clear that electronic records can be received in CD/Digital Versatile Disc ("DVD")/Medium, encrypted with a hash value. The said Rule 24 is extracted as below:

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24. Reception of electronic evidence - A party seeking to tender any electronic record shall do so in a CD/ DVD/ Medium, encrypted with a hash value, the details of which shall be disclosed in a separate memorandum, signed by the party in the form of an affidavit. This will be tendered along with the encrypted CD/DVD/Medium in the Registry. The electronic record in the encrypted CD/DVD/Medium will be uploaded on the server of the Court by the Computer Section and kept in an electronic folder which shall be labeled with the cause title, case number and the date of document uploaded on the server. Thereafter, the encrypted CD/ DVD/ Medium will be returned to the party on the condition that it shall be produced at the time of admission/denial of the documents and as and when directed by the Court/Registrar. The memorandum disclosing the hash value shall be separately kept by the Registry on the file. The compliance with this rule will not be construed as dispensing with the compliance with any other law for the time being in force including Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

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5. Accordingly, the Registry may receive the electronic record in a CD, so long as it is encrypted with a hash value or is in any other non-editable format. The said CD containing the documents, be placed in the electronic record of the present suit.