Yes, Fingerprint eSign is a legally valid mode of eSigning in India. It is a legally valid mode of conveying acceptance of the terms of a contract under Section 10A of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The legal validity of fingerprint eSign is equivalent to that of virtual signatures. It can be used to legally eSign 95% of documents (barring (i) documents mentioned under the First Schedule of the IT Act, 2000; and (ii) documents which are expressly required under law to contain a signature). Today, a lot of paperwork is executed via fingerprints. Leegality's fingerprint eSign simply digitises this workflow. For further ease of enforcement,
(i) an OTP security layer has been added on top to authenticate the signer's identity;
(ii) Leegality backs up the Fingerprint eSign by affixing a neutral digital signature on the document which prevents the document from tampering; and
(iii) it comes with a Secure Audit Trail which maintains the record of signing and enjoys presumptions of validity under Section 85 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Yes, Fingerprint eSign is a legally valid mode of eSigning in India. It is a legally valid mode of conveying acceptance of the terms of a contract under Section 10A of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. The legal validity of fingerprint eSign is equivalent to that of virtual signatures. It can be used to legally eSign 95% of documents (barring (i) documents mentioned under the First Schedule of the IT Act, 2000; and (ii) documents which are expressly required under law to contain a signature). Today, a lot of paperwork is executed via fingerprints. Leegality's fingerprint eSign simply digitises this workflow. For further ease of enforcement, (i) an OTP security layer has been added on top to authenticate the signer's identity; (ii) Leegality backs up the Fingerprint eSign by affixing a neutral digital signature on the document which prevents the document from tampering; and (iii) it comes with a Secure Audit Trail which maintains the record of signing and enjoys presumptions of validity under Section 85 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
