Which section of BNSS facilitates trials and proceedings to be held in electronic mode?
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Section 530 BNSS provides the statutory foundation for e-courts and virtual proceedings in criminal matters. While virtual hearings were adopted during COVID as an emergency measure, this section gives them permanent legal status. It covers electronic filing, virtual examination of witnesses, digital evidence presentation, and video-conferencing for hearings — modernizing the criminal justice system significantly beyond what CrPC envisaged.
The text reads: Section 530 BNSS: All trials, inquiries and proceedings may be held in electronic mode, including filing of documents, examination of witnesses, and hearings through video-conferencing.
New provision formalizing digital courts. CrPC had no equivalent; virtual hearings during COVID were conducted under SC/HC orders, not statute.