Testimony Through Skype Promotes Best Interest of Justice

Abstract

Courts are gradually adopting new technologies to enhance and strengthen the administration of justice system. An emerging area with respect to promoting justice is the use of skype for the purpose of giving testimony in the event of security concerns on accused or witness and remoteness of their location. Initially, testimony through skype was only recognized by the judiciary. Recent development in law recognizes the testimony through skype, yet there are technical defects in its implementation. The main objective of this study is to identify, how testimony through skype promotes best interest of justice and to identify the technical deficiencies in implementation. Further, it is desired to suggest recommendations to overcome the defects. The black letter approach is utilized for this study.In this paper it objectifies to provide the importance of testimony through skype in court proceedings, to afford legal regulations, judicial recognition of using skype for court proceedings, to identify the loopholes in the existing legal framework and to give recommendations.