ORDER

% 25.01.2023 I.A. 15869/2022 (on behalf of Plaintiff under Section 151 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [“CPC”] to place on record pen drive containing the screen recorded episodes of impugned web series)

1.Plaintiff seeks leave to place on record pen drive containing screen recorded episodes of impugned web series.

2.Rule 24 of Chapter XI of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018makesitclearthatelectronicrecordscanbereceivedin CD/DVD/Medium encrypted with a hash value. The said Rule is extracted below: -

“ 24. Reception of electronic evidence – A party seeking to tender any electronic record shall do so in a CD/ DVD/ Medium, encrypted with a hash value, the details of which shall be disclosed in a separate memorandum, signed by the party in the form of an affidavit. This will be tendered along with the encrypted CD/ DVD/ Medium in the Registry.

The electronic record in the encrypted CD/ DVD/ Medium will be uploaded on the server of the Court by the Computer Section and kept in an electronic folder which shall be labeled with the cause title, case number and the date of document uploaded on the server. Thereafter, the encrypted CD/ DVD/ Medium will be returned to