evidence: The Aryan Khan case has reignited a debate over whether WhatsApp chats or other forms of electronic communication are admissible evidence in a court of law. Here's all you need to know about it. [...] With Bombay HC hearing the bail pleas of Aryan Khan, the question that has arisen is whether WhatsApp chats can be used as prima facie evidence against him. On Wednesday, Aryan's legal team argued that his WhatsApp chats are not admissible as evidence in court. [...] In January 2020, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court accepted WhatsApp chats and e-mails as "proof" of a contract. The bench had held that "WhatsApp messages which are virtual verbal communications are matters of evidence with regard to their meaning and their contents to be proved during the trial by evidence-in-chief and cross-examination. The emails and WhatsApp messages will have to be read and understood cumulatively to decipher whether there was a concluded contract or not".