Opinion as to digital signature when relevant

If the court must decide whether a digital signature belongs to a person, the opinion of the Certifying Authority that issued that person’s Digital Signature Certificate is a relevant fact. The court can consider that opinion as evidence when the signature’s authenticity is in dispute.

Priya receives a contract bearing a digital signature she says she did not make. If the court must decide whether the signature is hers, the Certifying Authority that issued her Digital Signature Certificate can give an opinion and that opinion will be a relevant fact the court will consider.