The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that Section 14 of the Family Courts Act is very liberal on the aspect of general rule of evidence regarding admissibility of any report, statements, documents, information or matter, which it considers necessary to assist it and to deal with it effectively.
In that case, the wife objected to the husband relying on WhatsApp chats on the ground that the husband installed an application in her mobile, without her consent, and infringed her rights to privacy. The wife argued since the evidence has been collected by illegal means, the husband cannot be allowed to rely upon such evidence and such evidence is inadmissible in evidence and also that the evidence collected by husband is in violation of Section 43, 66 & 72 of the Information Technology Act.
However, the Court rubbished these arguments and held that the husband can rely on the WhatsApp chats of the wife to argue that the wife had committed adultery and he was entitled to a divorce.
This is in the case of SMT ANJALI SHARMA Versus RAMAN UPADHYAY (Madhya Pradesh High Court) (Gwalior Bench) MISC. PETITION No. 3395 of 2023