Question 6 (b)

Suspension and revocation of a Digital Signature Certificate

6.25 marks

Time to write
About 12 minutes

From an older CBCS paper

Question

Question 6 (b) · 6.25 marks

When may a digital signature certificate be suspended or revoked?

Reworded from the university paper; the task is the same. The original paper belongs to the University of Delhi. See DU's question bank.

Before you write

Read off the question and its marks

12 minfor 6.2 marks

What the paper leaves open

The paper prints no mark per question (any four of six, equal marks, 75 in all); each question is reckoned here at 18.75 marks. This older-course question examines the Information Technology Act, 2000, which the current UGCF Business Laws syllabus does not name; it is answered as printed. Marked as one question of 18.75 marks; answered here in 3 parts of 6.25 marks each (marks inferred).

Write it in this order

  1. Read; underline the asks; jot your points 1 min
  2. 1 Suspension 3 marks 5 min
  3. 2 Revocation 3.2 marks 5 min
  4. Check: every ask answered, key terms underlined 1 min

Short on time? Trim steps 1 and 2 evenly rather than skip one: each is capped at its own marks.

Try it first. About 12 minutes for 6.25 marks. Write it out, then open the solution.

Solution

Hover or tap a marked figure, like 72,000, to see how it is made and where else it appears.

Suspension (section 37). The issuing Certifying Authority may suspend the certificate on a request from the subscriber or a person authorised on his behalf, or if it is of opinion that it should be suspended in public interest; not for more than fifteen days unless the subscriber has been given an opportunity of being heard, and the suspension must be communicated to him.

Revocation (section 38). It may revoke the certificate on the request of the subscriber or a person authorised by him, on the subscriber's death, or on the dissolution or winding up of a subscriber that is a firm or company. It may also revoke it at any time if it considers that a material fact stated in it is false or was concealed; that a requirement for its issue was not met; that its own private key or security system has been compromised in a way that materially affects the certificate's reliability; or that the subscriber has been declared insolvent or declared dead, or, being a firm or company, has been dissolved, wound up or otherwise ceased to exist. No certificate may be revoked without first giving the subscriber an opportunity of being heard, and the revocation must be communicated to him (s. 38(3), (4)).

Notice (section 39). Where a certificate is suspended or revoked, the Certifying Authority publishes a notice of it in the repository specified in the certificate.

Where the 6.25 marks sit

#ComponentMarks
1Suspension3
2Revocation3.25
Total6.25
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