Judicial Citation of Electronic Evidence in E-commerce Cases and its Social Effects

Introduction: with development of technology and its effect on different aspects of human life especially in trade and transactions and regarding increased competition in international business arena, examination of different dimensions of electronic business as one of the main manifestations of this kind of business is inevitable; this paper answers this main question that how is the judicial reliability of electronic evidence in business claims and what are the social and judicial consequences? methodology: this paper is descriptive-analytical (qualitative) and uses inferential methodology applying scholar agreement index in understanding judicial examinations related to judicial reliability of electronic evidence in electronic claims based on existing facts, evidence and circumstances. findings: using electronic communications as a tool for doing various interactions provides an important issue called electronic business and because of virtual network characteristics, examination of procedure system has a special importance relative to other issues of information technology law along with judicial equality. conclusion: if the process of discovery and obtaining electronic evidence is performed according to legal principles, and in addition to validity, integrity, reliability and undesirability issues, in this case, it can be basis of issue of order and the rules governing evidence proving claims are also used in electronic business claims.