DSC for Several Signatories
One certificate per person, not one per company. Sharing a token is the most common shortcut in Indian offices and the worst one.
Why sharing does not work, legally or practically
A certificate identifies a person. Everything signed with it is signed by that person, in law. When a token is shared around an office, one named individual is legally signing everything the office does.
That is a real exposure and it is invisible until something goes wrong — a filing made in error, a payment authorised that should not have been, a document signed by someone who lacked authority. The record shows one name.
The correct arrangement is one certificate per person who actually needs to sign, mapped to the portals each of them uses.
Managing several
- Buy them together. Processing several at once is simpler than one at a time, and the KYC can be scheduled in a block.
- Align the validity periods so renewals do not arrive one at a time all year.
- Keep a register of who holds what, for which portals, expiring when. Companies with five certificates routinely cannot say.
- Plan for departures. A leaver's certificate cannot be transferred, and their portal mappings need updating before they go.
- Revoke on departure where the certificate was issued for the company's use.
Written 5 September 2026. Government requirements and portal behaviour change — message us to confirm before you rely on any date or figure here.
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