Indian Courts have accepted NotarEase: How notarisation in India has changed forever

Amazon took shopping online. UPI took payments online. NotarEase has taken notarisation online - and yes, it’s legal.

Notarising a document in India has always felt like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to 1997. You carry your Aadhaar card, PAN card, electricity bill, and maybe even your birth certificate. You hunt for a notary, under a tree or behind a tea stall. You find him. He’s on a lunch break - so you have to come back the next day. Notarising anything is difficult for people in India, and impossible for people living outside India.

NotarEase - an Indian startup - has changed that forever.

Started in Delhi in 2023, NotarEase had their first big win when the Delhi High Court accepted NotarEase notarised documents.

Less than a year later, NotarEase has changed the notarisation landscape across the nation. Documents, affidavits, pleadings that have been notarised with NotarEase have been accepted by the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Bombay High Court, Karnataka High Court and many district courts across the country. For NRIs, it’s nothing short of a miracle. No apostillation / legalisation. No embassy drama. Just legally accepted eNotarisation done from your laptop or phone within minutes.

“...for notarisation for foreign clients as well as Indian clients, taking them to the notary and having it done was a bit of a problem. I think NotarEase is a very welcome addition to that and resolves the problem of not only foreign clients but also Indian clients…," said Mr. Chander Lall, Senior Advocate.

Courts have accepted NotarEase - maybe also because everyone knows how the physical notarisations take place in India. There have been countless cases of Naughty Notarisations (as the NotarEase team calls it) - which have been caught in court. Documents signed by dead people have been notarised on more than one occasion.

NotarEase is marking the advent of a new era. It will be interesting to see how NotarEase’s story unfolds. Sure, there is resistance. Legacy legal processes are not easy to shake up - especially when courts are involved. But when such processes probably don’t serve any purpose - apart from just being difficult and time-consuming. They must change. While NotarEase has cracked the technology and legality, the real test will be cultural.

Can it win over the advocate or the judge who doesn’t trust anything without a physical stamp?

Can it build enough trust that even government departments stop asking “original kahaan hai”?

Adoption, after all, is not just about access - it’s also about mindset. Still, it’s hard not to root for NotarEase. Because if NotarEase succeeds, it won’t just change how documents are notarised, it could change how people think about what’s possible in Indian law.

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