An expert can make or break your case. Anyone can claim to be a forensic expert because there is no licensing authority. A highly qualified and experienced forensic expert can aid in scientific conclusion of the exhibit in your case.
- They must have the education, training, and experience for the foundation of an expert witness in this area.
- They must have the courtroom experience to know how to stand in a trial.
- They must have great communication skills in order to persuasively explain the validity of their conclusions.
- There are forensic experts who have been directly appointed by various courts to conduct forensic analysis for the court based on their individual forensic qualification and credentials.
Kindly do not restrict yourself to ask for the following from your expert. A genuine expert would substantiate the facts with documentary evidences.
Educational Qualification of being a forensic expert - The education should be in forensic or allied sciences. The expert’s educational qualification should be from accredited university or institute. There are lots of institutes in and around the country and abroad who offer forensic courses online with no practical experiences which cannot be termed as an ideal forensic education.
- Practice period and number of cases handled
- Hands on experience on latest equipment
- No. of cases reported for court purposes
- Appointment of the expert from the court to give expert opinion (if any)
- No. of depositions in the court of law
- No. of published articles (if any)
Whatsoever best and conclusive report is submitted by the forensic expert, thorough subject knowledge and strong deposition during cross examination before the court is one of the strongest attributes of an expert. It’s the sole responsibility of the forensic expert to give valid and strong evidences for the conclusions drawn in the reported cases (duly signed by the forensic expert).
No, age determination of age of INK AND PAPER is not possible forensically.
Pls refer the court order - Madras High Court in a judgment in 2010 (1) CTC 424 [R. Jagadeesan v. N. Ayyasamy and another], has opined that sending the documents for opinion in respect of the age of the writing on documents should not be resorted to hereinafter by the Courts unless, in future, due to scientific advancements, new methods are invented to find out the age of the writings.
Handwriting/ Signature Analysis is a part of Forensic Questioned Documents Analysis which is done by qualified Forensic Signature/Handwriting Expert or Forensic Questioned Document Examiner in which comparison is the Disputed Signature(s)/ Handwriting is compared with Admitted Signature(s)/ Handwriting.
Graphology in layman term is also known as Handwriting Analysis, is the analysis of the personality traits and psychological state of an individual and is done by Graphologist. Graphology reports are not accepted by the Court of Law and Graphologists are not qualified to give legal Forensic Handwriting/ Signature Analysis Reports in the court of law.
Yes, our reports are accepted by courts and law enforcement agencies, EOW (economic offence wing) and crime branch.
Yes, it is valid in court of Law as we have highly experienced and qualified court approved/ appointed forensic experts.
Yes, you may do, for more details please contact 8369085671 or email us at info@squareforensic.com.
Yes, we can do the analysis on photocopied documents, but a clear copy has to be provided.
No, you can upload the Audio Video on drive and send us the link with proper name and description.
No, we work Pan India and internationally through our Head office.
Yes, they will be present for summons,would request the clients to inform us well before the dates,so that we give confirmation about the experts availability on the respective dates.
Yes, we would do that only in rare cases, if the client is very old or under some medical conditions and additional charges has to be paid for the same.
Yes, you would have to come and submit the mobile handset, and the approximate duration would be 2-3 days or even more depending as per case.
The turn-around-time (TAT) for forensic analyses is very case dependent. Simple, one-item cases can be completed and released in a matter of a few days from the date of submission. Extremely complex cases may require weeks of analysis. The laboratory successfully maintains a goal of maintaining an average turn round time in each section of less than 30 days.
The information provided to us is kept highly confidential and is never shared with any third party.