Summary:
With the video conferencing unit in the court being out of order, it was decided that the procedure would be conducted on WhatsApp. Subhash Yadav was paralysed from the waist down in the accident that occurred in October 2016, and thus was unable to be present in court. The Central government may be in dispute with WhatsApp over its measures against fake news, but the instant messaging application was part of a rather significant occasion at the criminal court on Wednesday.For the first time in the history of the court, an accident victim was examined in his own case via WhatsApp video call. This cannot be a fair trial because conducting an examination on video call is not natural evidence. But the video conference system in the court was not working properly and the judge himself decided that a WhatsApp video call was the next best option.”“The victim’s financial background is not strong, but he was willing to give his statement before the court..