E-Mail As Mode of Communication

It sounds as if you're asking whether emails are admissible as legal evidence.
The answers differs from country to country, but in India it appears emails (and other electronic records) are legally admissible.

http://lawgic.info/submitting-an-email-or-...n-indian-court/

Whilst I won't get into whether emails can be admitted as formal evidence, PMI is clear that they are classed as informal.

What I have seen in practice is that day-to-day communications are the normal method of communication but if a company wishes to place a contract, make a claim or provide a decision then usually this is done by sending a formal letter, even if the client & contractor are co-located in the same building.

From my experience in managing construction projects, e-mails are usually considered informal communication and in order for anything to be considered formal if it is going out to the client, if should go out through an official transmittal or signed memo.

As for e-mails being admissible in the court of law or not, it depends on the situation and circumstances and it also depends on the contracts and contractual documents. There is always a clause under the general conditions for the type & order of priority of documents to be considered in case of any dispute between both parties.

Yes Rami,I belong to similar profession where conflicts are inevitable. And in such case, contractual clarifications and signed memos and transmittal are good practice for important client communications.

Part my peers where fine with e-mails in such cases, so i thought to ask in this forum.

Thanks Rami, it was insightful.