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Malafide use of dsc

CS RAM (na) (41 Points)

22 December 2014

what happened if my staff use my DSC to certify any wrong document ? Am I responsible for that and if yes than which act will be applicable IT act Or the corresponding act under which the form has been filed ? please put your view .

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P C Agrawal (Registered independent director Past Chairman of Aurangabad Chapter of ICSI Practicing Company Secretary at Aurangabad) (8229 Points)
Replied 23 December 2014

Digital signatures are issued under Information Technology Act 2000 and are password protected. You are not supposed to give password of your DSC to others. If you are doing so, you are doing so at your own risk. As a measure of addtional safeguard, now the Govt has decided to issue DSC in tokens only and not in pfx files.

As per IT Act, in case of digitally signed document you cannot take the plea that you have not signed the same. Hence in case of any wrong certification you may be held liable for penal provisions under the relevant Act under which the document has been filed.