New Delhi, March 10 -- Imagine you're a business owner drafting a critical contract to meet a deadline. This document needs to be signed by all the necessary stakeholders across different cities by morning. In the past, getting this document signed in time would have been nearly impossible. The entire process would entail printing stacks of paper, coordinating couriers, and waiting anxiously for signatures to arrive. But now, this doesn't have to be the case.

Fortunately, the business world is rapidly evolving. Digital technologies are transforming how we conduct business, and legal documentation is no exception. The Information Technology Act 2020 has paved the way for digital signatures, granting them the same legal validity as their p...