Series · Digital disputes

A ‘read receipt’ is a UI feature. It is not proof the mind agreed

1 September 2026 · Cyber Desk · Series — Digital Disputes

Desk readingBrowser voice · educational note · not a recording

Cyber Desk · Insight. Series: Digital disputes, as Indian courts actually see them.

A ‘read receipt’ is a UI feature.

It is not proof the mind agreed.

Blue ticks. Green ticks. “Seen.” Screenshots of a chat treated as if the other side signed. In a contract dispute, interface signals show a message was delivered or opened on a device — not that a person understood, accepted, or intended to be bound. Assent is still a legal question. A tick is still software.

Seen is not signed.

Educational note. This Insight is for awareness relating to cyber law and digital procedure. It is not legal advice and does not create an advocate–client relationship.