Dear Seniors,
Is digitally signed appointment letter or employment contract legally valid. Currently we are issuing employment terms in duplicate on letter head which signed by authorised signatory. But this involves lot of paper, courier cost as well as time. Thus looking for this option which will make people more productive and will be beneficial from cost perspective as well.
Request you to please advise on this.
From India, Mumbai
Is digitally signed appointment letter or employment contract legally valid. Currently we are issuing employment terms in duplicate on letter head which signed by authorised signatory. But this involves lot of paper, courier cost as well as time. Thus looking for this option which will make people more productive and will be beneficial from cost perspective as well.
Request you to please advise on this.
From India, Mumbai
Hello,
It is now legally possible to forward your contract notes and other documents to your clients / business associates without printing them. You may even forward a signed document over e-mail and that is a valid proof in court of law in India. This is called digitally signing your documents. A digital signature is endorsed to the document that needs to be singed. The recipient can not only preserve and produce before various government authorities whenever required but also can verify that the document is properly signed or not.
When doing bulk mailing like sending few hundred contracts / bills on daily bases and having to print the documents, sign them, courier them is by itself very painful job. The cost involved and the time lag in making this documents reach the client / recipient is also an important factor. Just because the document needs to be signed by a person, such huge cost of handling documents apart from delayed information is something not advisable in the current environment.
From India, Delhi
5It is now legally possible to forward your contract notes and other documents to your clients / business associates without printing them. You may even forward a signed document over e-mail and that is a valid proof in court of law in India. This is called digitally signing your documents. A digital signature is endorsed to the document that needs to be singed. The recipient can not only preserve and produce before various government authorities whenever required but also can verify that the document is properly signed or not.
When doing bulk mailing like sending few hundred contracts / bills on daily bases and having to print the documents, sign them, courier them is by itself very painful job. The cost involved and the time lag in making this documents reach the client / recipient is also an important factor. Just because the document needs to be signed by a person, such huge cost of handling documents apart from delayed information is something not advisable in the current environment.
From India, Delhi
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