TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. INTRODUCTION:
The Applications (www.vidhikapp.com
website and Vidhik App) are internet-based legal portal operated by the Service
Provider (Vidhik Applications LLP), a limited liability partnership
incorporated under the laws of India.
Please read these Terms and
Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “Terms/Terms of Use/Terms of Service”)
carefully. Your use of this
website and web/mobile applications (hereinafter the “Service(s)” or
“Applications”) constitutes your agreement to be bound by these Terms. Please
re-visit periodically the “Terms & Conditions for Use” on the Applications to
stay abreast of any changes that we may introduce.
The Users are entitled to use the
Services for which it is permitted and have acquired the rights of use upon
payment of applicable Subscription Charges, which is subject to compliance with
all the Terms and Conditions. The Service Provider reserves the right to revise
or modify these terms at any time. The User’s continued use of our services
shall constitute your consent to such applicable changes. We shall not be
liable to the User or to any third party for any modification to the Services.
2. DEFINITIONS:
For the purposes of clarity and
interpretation, certain words & expressions that may or may not defined
elsewhere have their meaning set out below:
“Subscriber” means the User who has
subscribed to the services upon payment of applicable Subscription Charges
after registering for the services.
a. “Platform” means the services provided
through internet-based website/mobile apps. for advocates, litigants and
ancillary service professionals.
b. “Services” means and includes
the access and/or use of the website, including the services provided as
features of the app-based case management system, which may be continued,
discontinued or modified at any time, including and not limited to record of
legal case management, documents management, clients management, task
scheduling, Calendar & Reminders, Billing and Invoice Management, etc.;
c. “Subscription Charges” means the
charges as made applicable for different category of Users from time to time
for availing the services.
d. “Service Provider” means Vidhik
Applications LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated under the laws
of India.
e. “User” means a person using the
services provided on the platform.
3. SUBSCRIBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND
SECURITY:
The Applications can be accessed by
the User at any time. Service Provider grants a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable, limited license to access and use the Applications
and its content in accordance with these Terms of Use. The User is responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully
responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account.
4. ELIGIBILITY TO USE THE SERVICE:
This Platform does not cater to the
individuals less than 18 years of age, by using the Platform the User represent
that he/she is 18 years or older. Any person who shall be considered as
incompetent to contract as per the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872,
including minors, un-discharged insolvents, etc., are not eligible to use this
Platform.
5. NO GUARANTEE:
This Platform acts as a facilitator
for providing information and access to web/mobile applications for the legal
fraternity as well as general public. The Service Provider is not a law firm or
an advocate as per the Indian Advocates Act, 1961. The Service Provider provides
its services through a proprietary software as a service platform that is hosted
for the Users/Subscribers. Service Provider does not warrant or represent that
the information made available through the Applications is proper, correct and
reliable.
6. LIMITATIONS ON USE:
The User or any person shall not
decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, sell, sub-license or
create any derivative works from the content of the website or web/mobile
application. The User shall not export or re-export the contents or portion of
it in violation to the information technology laws, intellectual property laws,
export control laws and regulations of India. No one shall have unauthorised
usage of the applications; any such access of the applications or its content
is prohibited entirely.
7. GUIDELINES TO USER/USER
MATERIAL:
The User shall not involve in any
of these activities such as usage of inappropriate language, hateful or
offensive words, abusive comments, or promotion of any illegal activities,
violation of any rules and regulations. No User shall infringe the rights of
other persons but not limited to intellectual property rights, every User shall
comply with all applicable laws and standards, and no one shall violate any
internet standards and regulations. The User is prohibited from posting or
transmitting any defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic, profane,
threatening or unlawful material or any material that could constitute or
encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to
civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Service Provider is neither
liable nor responsible for any act of the User.
8. LAWYER / PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
NOTICE
In the event the User is a Lawyer /
Professional, participating in any aspect of this platform, he/she shall acknowledge
that rules of professional conduct apply to all aspects of its participation
and that the User will abide by such rules. The rules include, but are not
limited to, the rules relating to advertising, solicitation of clients,
unauthorised practice of your respective profession, and misrepresentations of
fact. We disclaim all responsibility for your compliance with these rules.
9. SERVICE PROVIDER RIGHTS:
If the User sends any content or material
to Service Provider through e-mail or by any other means, including but not
limited to comments, data, suggestions, queries, or any other information will
be treated as non-confidential.
10. RELATIONSHIP:
The Service Provider provides a
platform for storing information / data / files and managing the practice/profession
of the subscriber. The Service Provider is not liable for any loss of data or
information caused due to the improper use of the applications by the User. The
Service Provider, however takes all steps to prevent loss of data or
information.
11. COMMUNICATION:
Upon registration the User agrees
that the Service Provider may send informational/Promotional text (SMS)
messages and e-mail notifications as part of the normal operation of use of the
Services. You may opt-out of receiving text (SMS) messages or e-mail
notification at any time by sending an email to info@vidhikapp.com indicating
that you no longer wish to receive such messages, along with the phone number
of the mobile device receiving the messages. You acknowledge that opting out of
receiving text (SMS) messages or e-mail notification may impact your use of the
Services.
12. REWARD POINTS & REFERRAL
PROGRAM:
The Service Provider may from time
to time introduce referral and/or incentive-based programs for its Users. By
participating in the Program, Users are bound by the Program terms and
conditions. Further, Service Provider reserves the right to terminate / suspend
the User’s account and/or credits / points earned and/or participation of the
User in the Program if the Service Provider determines in its sole discretion
that the User has violated the rules of the Program and/ or has been involved
in activities that are in contravention of the Program terms or has engaged in
activities which are fraudulent / unlawful in nature. Furthermore, the Service
Provider reserves the right to modify, cancel and discontinue its Program
without notice to the User.
13. CONFIDENTIALITY:
The Service Provider takes all
steps to maintain the confidentiality of any information and data submitted by
Users. The confidential information means an information which is entered in
the Applications in relation to technical, business plans, models, ideas, maps,
drawings, trade secrets, or contemplated services, research and developments,
costs, profit and production or any other information regardless whether such
information is designated as Confidential information at the time of its
disclosure. However, the Users are advised not to enter in the Applications any
information which they believe to be confidential in nature. The User Profile
shall be searched and viewed by the public through a Database Search as
provided in the Applications.
The Service Provider shall take all
necessary precautions to protect Confidential Information of Users of the
applications, Service Provider shall limit the disclosure of Confidential
Information within its own organization to its officers, partners, employees,
interns and/or independent contractors (hereinafter referred to as
“Representatives”) on need-to-know basis only. Neither the Service Provider nor
its representatives will disclose such confidential information to any third
party obtained from the disclosure. However, we reserve the right to disclose
your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe
that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a
judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us.
The confidentiality obligations do
not apply to information which:
a). is available in the public
knowledge at the time of disclosure;
b). is revealed by other party who
is free to disclose it;
c). has been lawfully obtained by
the disclosing party from a third party under no obligation of confidentiality;
d). is independently developed by
employees of the disclosing party without access to the confidential
information.
14. OWNERSHIP:
All resources available in the
applications, including but not limited to audio, images, software, text, icons
and such like (hereinafter referred to as “the Content”), are protected by
copyright under international conventions and copyright laws. The User agrees
to follow all instructions provided on this website limiting the way to use the
Content. There are various logos, trademarks, service marks displayed on the
applications, by displaying them on the applications does not mean that the
User is authorised to use those marks or logos. Any unauthorised use of the trademarks,
logos, or content may violate intellectual property laws and laws of privacy.
If the User downloads any content from the Applications for any personal use,
the User shall not remove or edit or modify any content or trademark and the
User shall not infringe the copyright of others.
15. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS:
All the information and content
made available through the Applications to the Users, excluding the documents
created or uploaded by the Users, shall remain the property of the Service
Provider, and such information, and marks are protected by copyright, trade
mark, patent and /or other proprietary rights and relevant laws, rules and
regulations. The User shall not copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, or
create derivative works of such content or information without prior express
authorisation. The Service Provider holds right to display images, or pictures
on its website. The Service Provider owns all content, trademarks and logos
provided on the Applications. All trademarks provided on the applications not
owned by the Service Provider, are the property of their respective owners.
Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting, estoppels or
otherwise, any license or right to use any trade names, trademarks, or service
marks without the prior written consent of the owner of such trade names, or
trademarks. Service Provider also holds the copyright to the applications, as a
collective work and/or compilation, including the selection, coordination and
arrangement of the applications’ content.
The Service Provider in some cases
uses data sourced from the websites of various courts including ecourts, the
Supreme Court of India, the High Courts and various lower courts. The content
obtained in such cases could be the copyright of such
courts/authorities/websites and are provided as per the terms of service of
these websites/applications. The Service provider cannot be held liable for any
content sourced from such websites.
16. LOSS OF DATA:
Service Provider is not responsible
for any loss of data due to electronic failure, resulting from accidental or
deliberate deletion, network or system outages, backup failure, file
corruption, or any other reasonable causes. The User is advised to always have
an alternate mode of record of the information entered into the Applications.
17. REGISTRATION:
The User requires to register with the
applications to use the services by providing proper, accurate and complete
information at the request of the Service Provider. It is the responsibility of
the User to update itself or inform the Service Provider, as needed, in case of
any changes in the information provided.
18. PAYMENT OF CHARGES:
Access to the services is subject
to terms of use and payment of the applicable Subscription Charges. The Service
Provider has the right to suspend services if the User does not pay the required
Subscription Charges.
19. SUSPENSION AND DELETION OF
ACCOUNTS:
The account of the User could be
suspended and even deleted if the Subscriber fails to pay the Subscription
Charges. The data or information created by the User could be deleted if the
User fails to pay the Subscription Charges or renew the subscription.
20. ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS:
The Service Provider neither
represents nor warrants that the services provided through this website /
applications will be free of errors, free of bugs/viruses and/or any other
harmful components, etc.
21. THIRD PARTY CONTENT:
Third party content may emerge on
this website / applications, or the User may get access to third party content
via links from this website / applications. The Service Provider is neither
liable nor responsible for any errors, mistakes, and misstatements of law,
defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehood, obscenity, pornography or any
abusive statements, wrong opinions, misrepresentations or any other form of
third party content appearing on this website / applications.
22. TRANSMITTED MATERIAL:
Internet transmissions are not safe
and secure completely. The User understands that any information, content or
material posted or sent to the applications may be read or intercepted unless
special instructions are provided and such information shall be provided in
encrypted form.
23. DISCLAIMER:
The Applications are provided on an
“As Is” basis. The Service Provider expressly disclaims all Warranties,
including the Warranties of Merchantability, Fitness for a particular purpose
and noninfringement. The Service Provider disclaims all responsibility for any
loss, claims, injury, liability or resulting any damages arising out of or any
way related to:
a). Any errors or omissions
resulting from the website and/or content but not limited to technical or
typographical errors;
b). Any third-party content in the
website either directly or indirectly;
c). Usage of the applications by
User; or
d). Any use of the software in
connection with the applications.
24. LIABILITY:
The Service Provider shall not be
liable for any damages resulting from the use of or inability to use the
applications, including damages by wrong usage of the applications, network
issues, malware, viruses or any incorrectness or incompleteness of information
of the website.
The Service Provider does not
assure complete sustainability of its services and shall not be responsible or
liable for the same, in any manner.
In no event shall the service
provider be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or
consequential damages or for any damages whatsoever, whether based on contract,
tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise.
In addition, and without limiting
the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event
will the aggregate liability of the service provider arising out of or in
connection with the services rendered by the service provider hereunder,
whether in contract, tort (including negligence, product liability, or any
other theory), warranty, or otherwise, exceed the amount of Subscription
Charges paid.
25. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY:
The Service Provider reserves a
right to investigate any complaint registered in relation to violations of the
Terms and can take appropriate action against such individual or User but not
limited to reporting any alleged unlawful activity to law enforcement
departments, regulatory authorities, or other relevant agencies. The Service
Provider reserves right to disclose any information relating to the User
profiles, e‑mail addresses, usage history, IP addresses or any other
information, at the request made either by regulators or by law enforcement
authorities.
26. INDEMNIFICATION:
The User agrees to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Service Provider, its directors, shareholders,
employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages,
losses, or expenses and costs incurred or in connection with any loss,
liability, claim, demand, damage, and expenses arising from or in connection
with the content or Use of the service. The User shall also agree to indemnify
Service Provider for any breach of these Terms by the User. The User shall in
any event settle any matter with the prior written consent of the Service
Provider only. The User further agrees to defend including reasonable
attorney’s fees and costs, arising out of or in connection with access to or
use of the applications.
27. TERMS OF USE:
The Service Provider may modify any
of these Terms, add, or remove any part of these Terms of Use at any time,
without notice. Any changes made to these Terms or any terms posted on the Applications
will take into effect immediately, once they are posted. If the User continues
to use this website, after modification of the Terms, it indicates the User’s
acceptance of those changes. The Service Provider reserves the right to
undertake all necessary steps to ensure that the security, safety and integrity
of the Service Provider’s interests shall remain protected.
Vidhik App craves to provides
better user experience and help manage cases efficiently than before and
online. A single update when shared can keeps attorneys, attorney associates
and clients on the same page with real-time updates. Thus sharing of case details
amongst the Litigant, advocates and associated advocates brings in ease of
communication and avoid misinformation or missing appearances and outstation
legal matters. The advocate undertakes not to share the case details with any
third party other than their practice group and follow best professional
ethics. The Litigant agrees and understands that the case details may get
shared by the advocate with it as well as advocate’s associates for ease of
managing and tracking such cases/legal matters.
The Platform provides two databases
of users, i.e., first database of practicing advocates and another database for
practicing professionals related to and associated with the legal profession.
The user can manage its public profile and provide information that he/she/it
may feel for public view and not to enter information that is confidential in
nature.
28. CHARGES:
At all places wherever charges are
mentioned in the use of the Applications, they are net product charges, the
charges are based on assumption of activity involved but excluding all
statutory taxes, government fees and any other out of pocket expenses.
29. REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS:
The Service Provider reserves the
right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of
these Terms.
30. PRIVACY POLICY:
Please refer to the Privacy Policy of the Applications.
31. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS:
If any of these Terms are found to
be unlawful, void, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any law then
that provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and the
validity, legality and enforceability of other provisions shall not be affected
in any way.
32. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF USE:
The Service Provider reserves right
to modify these Terms at any time without notice to the User. Updated Terms can
be found on the Applications. The User is responsible to check for any updated
Terms before use of the Applications.
33. MODIFICATIONS OF SERVICE:
The Service Provider reserves the
right to modify website or web/mobile applications, discontinue the service
either temporarily or permanently. However, the Service Provider will take all
reasonable steps to inform the Subscriber in the event of such discontinuance
of services. The User agrees that the Service Provider shall be neither liable
nor responsible to the User or to any third party for any such modification or
termination of the services without prior notice.
34. NO REFUND POLICY:
All subscription fees and payments made on Vidhik App are non-refundable. Once a user subscribes to a plan, they will not be eligible for any refunds, partial or full, regardless of usage or cancellation before the subscription period ends.
35. CONTACT:
For any issues relating to the Applications
or for any policies or for any other reason, the User may kindly contact us at:
info@vidhikapp.com.
36. TERMINATION:
The User is responsible/ liable for
any unauthorised access, and if the User notices any unauthorised usage, the
User shall put efforts to prevent such unauthorised use, or the User must
contact the Service Provider immediately to inform about such unauthorised
access. The Service Provider, at its sole discretion may terminate the usage of
any User at any time, if it is found as unauthorised usage or if such a User is
in violation of these Terms & Services.
37. ENTIRE AGREEMENT:
These Terms constitutes the entire
and whole agreement between the User and the Service Provider, this
agreement/Terms shall supersede all other communications between the Service
Provider and its Users with respect to the subject matter hereof. If at any
time the User finds, that these Terms are unacceptable or if the User does not
agree to these Terms, then please do not use the applications. If you are using
the applications, you are bound by these Terms.
Last modified: February 14, 2024.
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