evidence: On July 14, 2021, a bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy stated that WhatsApp messages cannot be used as evidence in court and further stated that the author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them. [...] On July 14, 2021, a bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy stated that WhatsApp messages cannot be used as evidence in court as they hold no evidential value. The bench further stated that the author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them. [...] While the Indian law on electronic evidence is still in its infancy, the current stand of the Supreme Court appears to be that WhatsApp messages should not be admitted in court as evidence since they can be created and deleted by anyone at any time and hold no evidential value. That being said, following the Information Technology Act, 2000 and going forward into the future, we hope to see significant advancements in the regulatory landscape around e-evidence.