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Section 34 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 elucidates that books of accounts, including Bank records, which are maintained in the daily course of business in electronic form or otherwise are relevant CBI Vs V.C. Shukla & Ors) to be admissible in a court of Bhim Sain Sharma Vs Birender Singh & Anr law. Primary and Secondary both form of Evidence is admissible under the law. Most of the data nowadays are stored electronically on big Servers (M/S ICICI BANK LIMITED V/S KAPIL DEV SHARMA), Clouds, etc. with the help of computer programs, making it easily accessible and secure. Now when these documents are to be submitted in a court as Evidence, it becomes practically impossible to bring out these Hard-Drives, Servers or data stored on Cloud pertaining to the concerned party, which is stored along with the data of many other people. Hence, courts have recognized this need to adapt with technology and allow Secondary Evidence to be submitted in cases where Primary Evidence which is in electronic form is impossible to be produced (M/S ASHOKA CHEMICALS (INDIA) V/S M/S BHARTIYA HINDU SHUDHI SABHA TRUST ( REGD)).