Spice Money Limited: Terms and Conditions
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GENERAL
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These terms and conditions ("Terms") along with the Privacy Policy
(as defined) constitute an agreement between Spice Money Limited
(hereinafter referred as “COMPANY") and the
customer service points (CSPs)/agents/merchants/retailers/ of
COMPANY ("CSPs"), entitling such CSPs to provide the Services (as
defined herein) to the customers in India through the portal/
website: web.travelunion.in or, mobile application namely "Travel Union"
("Terminal"). These Terms are in addition to any other agreement
that may have been executed between COMPANY and such CSPs for the
purpose of providing the Services. However, in case of any
inconsistency in the provisions of these Terms and such agreement,
the provisions of these Terms shall prevail to the extent of such
inconsistency.
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You acknowledge that You propose to be engaged with COMPANY as its
CSP in order to provide the Services to customers in India and thus
have commenced the log-in to the Terminal. However, please note that
before you commence to provide the Services as a CSP of COMPANY, You
are required to read and understand these Terms and only if You are
agreeable to these Terms, You can proceed and continue to log-in and
provide the Services as CSP of COMPANY. By continuing to log-in and
access the Terminal and provide the Services, it shall be deemed
that You agree to be bound by these Terms. However, in case, You do
not agree to these Terms, You are required, not to proceed with
log-in and leave the Terminal immediately. Please note that in case
You do not agree to these Terms, You are not entitled to provide the
Services and to be associated with COMPANY as its CSP.
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You agree and acknowledge that the access and use of the Terminal by
You is voluntary and of Your own accord and Your access and use of
the Terminal shall be subject to the Applicable Laws (as defined).
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You acknowledge that in respect of certain Services, You shall not
be entitled to deal in them unless Your account has been approved by
the respective Service Providers (as defined).
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The phrase 'to provide the Services' or 'provisioning of the
Services' used in these terms shall be construed to mean 'onward
provisioning, sale, distribution and supply of Services through the
Terminal'.
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The terms and conditions specific to a particular Service(s) shall
be applicable on You and COMPANY when You opt for such Service(s).
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You hereby agree and specifically authorize COMPANY to share Your
details, documents and credentials to prospective customers and
partners of COMPANY with the objective of increasing Your business.
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DEFINITIONS
The words and expressions beginning
with capital letters in these Terms shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meaning ascribed thereto herein:
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Applicable Law: shall mean any and all applicable
laws, statutes, rules, regulations, directions, guidelines,
ordinances, orders, policies, judgments, decrees or other
requirements or official directives of any Governmental, statutory
and regulatory authorities, Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) or courts of law.
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Customers: shall mean the end users approaching the
CSPs for availing the Services.
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CSP Location: shall mean the shop or office
premises owned or rented by the CSP, to be used for the purpose of
rendering of Services to the Customers.
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Privacy Policy: shall mean the policy which is
separately given on the Terminal.
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Services: shall mean the following services, under
the brand "Travel Union" as made available to the CSP for onward
provisioning, sale, distribution and supply through the terminal:
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Facilitation of online booking of flight
tickets, bus tickets and hotel accommodations on behalf of
Service Providers
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Other services as made available to the CSP for onward sale,
distribution and supply through the Terminal
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Service Provider: means the entities engaged in the
business of provision of the Services in respect of which COMPANY
has or may have, agreements from time to time, authorizing COMPANY,
for onward provisioning, sale, distribution and supply of such
Services through the CSPs.
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Software Program: shall refer to various Software
Programs supplied by COMPANY that can be installed into Terminal
equipment or computer enabling the dispensation of Services
electronically.
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Transactions: shall mean the electronic
transactions undertaken by You pertaining to onward provisioning,
sale, distribution and supply of Services to the Customers through
the Terminal.
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YOUR OBLIGATIONS
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Following Obligations shall apply to You, generally in respect of
all the Services.
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General in nature
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You shall at all times comply with instructions, directions,
guidelines and policies issued by COMPANY, from time to time
relating to the performance of Your obligations as CSP under
these Terms. You shall also, at all times comply with the
provisions of, and maintain and preserve all records,
registers, books and papers and information (which shall be
available for inspection and audit along with supply of
extracts thereof, as and when required either by COMPANY or
Service Provider or other competent statutory authorities),
as required under, Applicable Laws including but not limited
to relevant KYC/Anti-Money Laundering/Financial Terrorism
related norms/ rules/ regulations/ circulars as mandated by
relevant statutory authorities. In addition, you shall
comply with the requests and directions of Service
Providers, received in reference to your engagement with
COMPANY as its CSP. Further You shall submit periodic
reports, returns, statements, certificates and such other
documents as may be required by COMPANY/Service Provider
and/or competent statutory authorities from time to time or
as provided under Applicable Laws.
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You shall also co-operate in good faith to correct any
practice which are found to be deficient during the audit
and inspection, within a reasonable time after receipt of
audit report from COMPANY/ Service Provider and/or competent
statutory authorities, as the case may be.
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You shall provide all kinds of support and facilitation to
COMPANY, while performing the scope of work as mentioned in
these Terms.
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You shall deal with, provide and resolve all queries,
clarifications, inquiries, disputes and / or complaints of
the Customers in relation to Services offered. You shall be
responsible in resolving the complaints/ disputes from the
Customers and third parties against You arising on any
account whatsoever. You acknowledge that COMPANY shall not
be liable and responsible in any manner whatsoever for any
complaints/ disputes or issue arising between You and the
Customer and third parties.
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You shall not accept any gift, commission or any sort of
gratification in cash or kind from any person, party or firm
or other company having dealing with COMPANY and if You are
offered any of such, You shall immediately report the same
to the management of COMPANY.
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You shall be solely responsible to pay the salaries and
other employees related payments to Your personnel/employees
and for taking policies such as medical insurance, life
insurance etc for them and to comply with all Applicable
Laws relating to employment of such personnel/employees of
You and COMPANY shall have no responsibility or liability of
any kind whatsoever for the same.
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You undertake that You shall at Your own risk and cost keep
and maintain the CSP Location in proper manner for rendering
of the Services to the Customers and procure/ facilitate
sufficient man power for the same and keep the complete and
proper accounts relating to rendering of the Services.
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You shall not indulge in or promote any unlawful, illicit or
illegal activity or purposes while providing the Services.
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You acknowledge that COMPANY officials shall have the right
to undertake a visit on Your premises or CSP Location on any
day to satisfy itself about the authenticity and credibility
of the information provided by You during or before your
enrolment as a CSP with COMPANY or in connection with
performance of any obligations by You under these Terms.
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You shall comply with all Know Your Customer (KYC)
requirements, as may be required by the Applicable Law and
as per policies as communicated by COMPANY/Service Provider
from time to time.
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You shall discharge Your fiduciary obligations with respect
to providing the Services to the Customers promptly and
without failure. You shall have in place suitable
arrangement, processes and risk control mechanism to ensure
that there is no default or delay in effective delivery of
Services to the Customers.
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In case of change of any details pertaining to your business
and engagement with COMPANY as a CSP or changes in the
contact details like mobile number/landline number, email
id/registered address/ Shop or CSP Location change, You
shall inform COMPANY of the same promptly in writing or by
email, providing full details of such changes.
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You shall ensure that you have all the valid licenses and
efficient staff to undertake the Transactions.
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You shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish,
transmit, update or share any information that:
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belongs to another person and to which You do not have
any right to;
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is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory,
obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive
of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically
objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging
money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in
any manner whatever; or unlawfully threatening or
unlawfully harassing including but not limited to
"indecent representation of women" within the meaning of
the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act,
1986;
- harm minors in any way;
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infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other
proprietary rights or third party’s trade secrets or
rights of publicity or privacy or shall not be
fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen
items;
- violates any law for the time being in force;
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deceives or misleads the addressee/ users about the
origin of such messages or communicates any information
which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
- impersonate another person;
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contains software viruses or any other computer code,
files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or
limit the functionality of any computer resource; or
contains any Trojan horses, worms, time bombs,
cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming
routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with,
diminish value of, surreptitiously intercept or
expropriate any system, data or personal information;
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threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or
sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign
states, or public order or causes incitement to the
commission of any cognisable offence or prevents
investigation of any offence or is insulting any other
nation.
- shall be false, inaccurate or misleading;
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Exclusivity
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You shall not engage, deal with or enter into an agreement
with any other party or any company/organization engaged in
rendering/sale/promotion of same/similar services.
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You undertake to use CSP Location solely for the Services
and confirm that CSP Location is neither being currently
used and nor will be simultaneously used in future for any
similar services and/or product offerings of any other
company.
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Advertising and Representation as a CSP of COMPANY
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You agree to provide adequate space at the CSP Location for
display/selling/ branding/marketing of the Services as per
the guidelines of COMPANY or/and statutory regulations or
mandates of Service Provider.
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You in all Your dealings with the third parties shall
describe Yourself only as "CSP" of COMPANY and under no
other description or nomenclature. You shall not describe
Yourself as a partner or employee of COMPANY nor shall You
be entitled to represent COMPANY in any other manner
whatsoever.
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You shall not (except in the normal course of COMPANY's
business) publish any article or statement, deliver any
lecture or broadcast or make any communication to the press,
including magazine publication relating to Services or to
any matter with which COMPANY may be concerned, unless You
have obtained the written permission from COMPANY.
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You shall not give or make any guarantees, warranties or
representations on behalf of COMPANY as to the conditions,
quality, durability, performance of the Services other than
or different from those provided by COMPANY in writing. You
shall not use any advertising or promotional materials
tending to mislead the public; or make any false or
misleading representation with regard to the Services and
Terminal.
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COMPANY, at its sole discretion, may provide to You suitable
advertisement support, technical and marketing guidance and
staff training as and when it may deem necessary. You shall
not make use of COMPANY's logo/mark on any slips/receipts,
visiting cards, letter heads etc. without written
approval/consent of COMPANY.
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You undertake that You shall not do anything that damages
the name, goodwill and reputation of COMPANY, its
subsidiaries, clients, suppliers and affiliates and shall
protect and enhance the name, goodwill and reputation of
COMPANY during the course of the fulfilment of Your
obligations under these Terms.
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You shall display, in such manner as directed by COMPANY,
the Services and other charges and fees that may be advised
by COMPANY or as per directives of Applicable Law from time
to time.
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You shall prominently display the certificate of
authorization/ training issued by COMPANY, if any.
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You shall display such grievance redressal policy and in
such manner as communicated from time to time by COMPANY, at
the CSP Location.
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Technology-related Obligations
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You shall integrate Your hardware/software with COMPANY's
systems as and when required by COMPANY, for seamless
rendering of the Services.
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You agree to maintain the strict secrecy and confidentiality
of log-in user-id and password provided to You and You shall
not disclose the same to any third party. You agree that You
shall be solely responsible for any unauthorised use or
disclosure of Your user-id and password and COMPANY shall
not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any losses,
claims, liabilities arising out of or in connection with
such use and/or disclosure.
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You shall bear all costs and expenses for establishing and
maintaining the network link between COMPANY and You for the
Services.
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You shall ensure availability of the required
infrastructure, system, hardware, software, network,
scanners and other devices, as required for the provisioning
of the Services at Your outlet.
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You shall promptly notify COMPANY, in the event there is an
error in the Your connection with COMPANY or You are unable
to process the Transactions for any other reason whatsoever.
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You shall ensure that it shall not compromise the integrity
and robustness of the systems, network, connectivity,
Terminal and any hardware, software and equipments used in
the provisioning of the Services whether belonging to any
statutory authority or COMPANY or You or any third party.
You shall be solely responsible for ensuring that same
shall, at all times, be free from all malware, viruses,
black boxes, trapdoors, trojan-horses etc.
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You shall not sell, redistribute, reproduce, modify,
decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any part or
portion of the Terminal; and not to use the same for any
purpose that violates the Applicable Laws. The same
restrictions shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of any
internet-based application/ platform that You shall be
provided access to for the purpose of providing the
Services.
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You shall not permit any third party to use the Terminal and
Terminal-related content for any purpose other than in
accordance with these Terms. The same restrictions shall
mutatis mutandis apply in respect of any internet-based
application/ platform that You shall be provided access to
for the purpose of providing the Services.
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COMPANY/Service Provider shall be entitled to review the
security practices and control processes of You use
periodically and require You to forthwith disclose security
breaches that come to Your knowledge.
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You acknowledge that in the event of instability of
COMPANY's system or an emergency, COMPANY may, upon written
notice to You, temporarily suspend the access to the Service
and Terminal.
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You shall ensure to have the requisite infrastructure for
protecting the privacy and confidentiality of sensitive
Customers' data (bank details, passwords, card details, PIN
etc.) in compliance with the industry standards as
applicable, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and provisions of the
Information Technology Act (as amended from time to time).
You shall ensure that no such Customer data is misused by
You.
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Transactions-related Obligations
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Float Amount: You shall at all times maintain with COMPANY,
such minimum amount as directed by the COMPANY ("Float
Amount") towards the access of Services. Such Float Amount
shall be deposited with COMPANY through banking channel only
and not by way of cash. You shall also maintain the details
of payment of such deposit made by You with the COMPANY.
Float Amount shall be used/adjusted towards the settlement
of the Transactions pertaining to Services. The Transaction
Amount and any other amount payable to COMPANY by You shall
be debited from the Float Amount on real-time basis and
commissions (wherever applicable) and any other amount
payable to You on the said Transactions shall be credited to
the said Float Amount. You agree that the Transaction Amount
payable by You shall not exceed the Float Amount at any
point of time in any circumstances. This Float Amount shall
be replenished from time to time by You in order to maintain
the minimum amount as specified above. Maintenance of such
Float Amount is the essential condition of Your engagement
with COMPANY as its CSP.
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You shall furnish instant confirmation of payment
made/success of Transaction via a payment
receipt/confirmation message to the Customers. The receipt
could be in physical or electronic form (SMS/ email etc.) or
as per Applicable Laws. You shall issue receipts of
Transactions to Customers generated through system and no
manual receipt shall be issued.
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You are not authorized to hold or retain cash received from
Customers without completing the Transaction.
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You are prohibited from charging any fee to the Customers
directly for Services rendered by You on behalf of COMPANY.
You shall collect only defined amount as a fee from Customer
and shall acknowledge the same by issuing a receipt (in
printed or electronic form generated from the system) on
behalf of COMPANY. The defined amount shall be communicated
by COMPANY to You from time to time and shall be at
COMPANY's sole discretion. You shall not take any additional
fee directly from Customer on behalf of COMPANY.
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You shall disclose the charges and fees pertaining to
Services and various types of transactions conspicuously at
CSP Location for the benefit of the Customers.
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You agree to take all necessary care and observe due
diligence while carrying out Transactions and shall be
wholly and exclusively responsible for any liability arising
due to failure to do so. You shall take all care in entering
the Customer's details correctly for carrying out
Transactions and COMPANY shall not be liable for any wrong
Transactions. You are solely responsible to resolve issues
arising out of any incorrect details and COMPANY shall not
have any liability or responsibility in such cases.
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You shall maintain secrecy of Transactions according to
Applicable Laws.
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You shall at all times maintain such amount of cash as is
necessary for undertaking the Transactions.
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You shall reimburse COMPANY in case of Chargebacks (wherever
applicable) as received by COMPANY from the Bank.
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You shall not keep or store in any manner, any and all data
pertaining to the Transactions or payments, including but
not limited to Transaction logs, in Your possession or
control directly or indirectly and You are hereby prohibited
to download such data from the Terminal.
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IRCTC ID and OTP RENEWAL PROCESS
If you are taking IRCTC ID from Spice Money Limited, then you have
to make a payment towards initial ID purchase as per the prevalent cost
and there will be yearly renewals to continue using IRCTC service:
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IRCTC ID is valid for a period of 1 year from the date of
registration and will be auto-renewed every year with Rs. 590
which will be auto debited from the wallet.
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OTP service is valid for a period of 1 year from OTP start date
and will be auto-renewed every year with Rs. 590 which will be
auto-debited from the wallet.
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Dongle service is valid for a period of 2 year from Dongle start
date and has to be renewed once in every two year with Rs. 2360.
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CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Travel tickets can be cancelled as per the cancellation policies
of the supplier; and refund is applicable as per the time of
cancellation.
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TRAIN:
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IRCTC e-Tickets can be cancelled till Chart preparation of
the train. For train starting up to 12 noon the chart
preparation is usually done on the previous night.
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If a confirmed ticket is cancelled more than 48 hours before
the scheduled departure of the train, flat cancellation
charges shall be deducted @ Rs.240/- for AC First
Class/Executive Class, Rs.200/- for AC 2 Tier/First Class, Rs.
180 for AC 3 Tier/AC Chair car/ AC 3 Economy, Rs.120/- for
Sleeper Class and Rs.60/- for Second Class. Cancellation
charges are per passenger.
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If a confirmed ticket is cancelled within 48 hours and up to 12
hours before the scheduled departure of the train, cancellation
charges shall be 25% of the fare subject to the minimum flat
rate mentioned in the above clause. Less than 12 hours and up
to four hours before the scheduled departure of the train up to
chart preparation which is earlier, 50% of the fare paid subject
to the minimum cancellation charges.
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Eligible refund amount is credited back to the agent's wallet
instantly on successful OTP based refund verification which
the agent can give back to the end customer.
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FLIGHT, BUS, HOTEL AND PACKAGES:
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Flight, Bus, Hotel and Package Tickets have cancellation policies
available while booking online which displays cancellation charges.
Different options available have different cancellation charges and
some are non-refundable also.
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If a passenger is unable to reach on time then it will be
considered as a no-show and no refund amount is eligible.
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Cancellation where refund amount is eligible, refunds are processed
in the agent's wallet as soon as refunds are received to Spice Money
from the supplier which agent can give back to the end passenger.
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CODE OF CONDUCT
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CUSTOMER SERVICE
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The Customer communication information including but not limited
to, Services' information, fees, charges and transaction limits,
terms and conditions needs to be displayed at the CSP Location
in such a way that it is prominently visible to the approaching
Customers.
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Customers need to be attentively attended and all their doubts
and queries should be clarified with the best effort by You.
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Any dispute or transaction errors at the counter shall be
resolved or raised to COMPANY before the Customer leaving the
counter.
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You shall prominently display at CSP Location, the details of
the Customer grievance policy, Customer complaint redressal
mechanism including the contact details and phone number for
complaint redressal, for the benefits of the Customers.
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You shall display proper signage of COMPANY and the customer
care contact details including details of nodal officials for
grievance redressal (telephone numbers, email address, postal
address, etc.), as provided by COMPANY.
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WORKPLACE RESPONSIBILITIES - DO'S AND DON'TS
Do's
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Personal dignity, privacy, and personal rights of every
individual should be maintained.
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Work together with women and men of various nationalities,
cultures, religions, and races in a professional manner.
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Maintaining honesty and transparency at every stage of carrying
out the Services.
Don'ts
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Do not discriminate, harass or offend anybody by whatever means.
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Do not engage in contacts with competitors that could create
even an appearance of improper arrangement, whether the contact
is in person, in writing, by telephone or through e-mail.
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Conflicts of Interest - General principle
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Conflicts of interest can occur if business practices sacrifice
interests of one set of Customers in favour of another or place
business interests ahead of Customers.
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CSP shall be sensitive and responsible to any activities,
interests or relationships that might interfere with or even
appear to interfere with, his/her ability to act in the best
interests of all stakeholders.
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PRIVACY - DO'S AND DON'TS
Do's
- Properly control access to your work areas and computers.
- Protect the physical security of official information.
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Limit access to information strictly to those with a legitimate
business reason for seeking that information.
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Don'ts
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Do not discuss sensitive matters or confidential information in
public places.
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Do not transfer official information into personal databases or
carry hard copies of official information, otherwise than for
official purposes outside the office.
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Do not disclose the username and password of the Terminal to any
one.
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Do not share sensitive financial details, like password, etc
through email
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Do not use un authenticated flash or pen drive, or software on
your computer through which you transact on COMPANY money
portal/any of its business
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Do not open emails from unidentified sources and delete them.
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KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC)/ ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING
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You shall always and strictly follow the KYC policy of COMPANY
as and when applicable.
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You acknowledge that Money Laundering legislations criminalize
money laundering in respect of all crimes including drug
trafficking, terrorism, theft, tax evasion, fraud, handling of
stolen goods, counterfeiting and blackmail. It is also an
offence to undertake and/or facilitate transactions with
individuals and entities involved in criminal activities.
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You are aware of the Anti Money Laundering Policy as adopted by
COMPANY.
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You shall escalate all suspicious activities/transactions in
respect of money laundering regardless of the amount involved or
the nature of the offence as per the applicable procedures.
Failure to report suspicious transactions despite having
knowledge is an offence.
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You shall not provide assistance to any person to launder
proceeds of any criminal conduct. Prejudice an investigation by
informing (i.e., tipping off) the person who is the subject of a
suspicious transaction.
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Important Phishing Notice
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Always check for the correct url address For COMPANY Agents -
web.travelunion.in
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Do not enter login or other sensitive information to any other
website except listed the above one.
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Please always change/reset your password/PINs periodically
(suggested in every 3 months)
- Do not share your ID and password with anyone.
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Phishing is a fraudulent attempt, usually made through social
media sites like Facebook, email, phone calls, including IVR,
SMS etc seeking your personal and confidential information, they
may claim to be in position of authority
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Phishing can also happen through shared system or virus infected
system, hence ensure you are logging on a system which is free
from any virus or malware
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Trash or forensic recovery- Fraudsters can collect information
from discarded materials such as old computer equipment's like
hard drive, pen drive, DVD, CD etc)
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Baiting - Such instances happen when we download movies, songs,
or plug in any unverified external devices
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Give and Take - Fraudster will commit to give some benefit or
gift in exchange of a specific information from the target
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COMPANY never sends you message (via any medium), email or calls
you over phone to get your personal information, password. Any
messages, calls or emails are an attempt to fraudulently
withdraw money from your wallet account maintained with COMPANY
from your Login Portals. Never respond to such messages/web
address/email/SMS or phone call. Please report immediately to
care@travelunion.in -.
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Whenever you want to reset your Login Password, you can use the
link given on the portal or please call at +91 120 5077784.
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Some Websites may have created similar design and template as
ours, please check the URL address web.travelunion.in before you put
your username and password.
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In case you note a phishing activity, please report to
care@travelunion.in
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GENERAL
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You shall provide full support and cooperation to COMPANY, and
furnish all the information, papers and documentation promptly
in connection with any enquiry, investigation or audit done by
COMPANY or any external agency or regulatory or governmental
authority in connection with provisioning of the Services and
You specifically consent and authorize COMPANY to share Your
said information, details, credentials and documents to any
regulatory/government authority as per requirement of such
authority.
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You shall ensure that the Customers visiting the CSP Location
for the purpose of the availing the Services are intimated and
educated about the full details of the Services, the terms and
conditions governing the Services, Customer grievance redressal
mechanism, forfeiture policy and/or any other details as
required by Applicable Law and/or COMPANY from time to time.
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You shall always ensure to intimate the Customers that the
Services are being provided under the brand "Travel Union" which
is owned and powered by COMPANY.
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You agree that all the terms and conditions mentioned herein are
all material to these Terms and Your engagement with COMPANY as
its CSP and agree to comply therewith.
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The obligations herein shall apply jointly and severally to You
and Your assigns.
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The provisions of these Terms shall, as far as permitted by
Applicable Law, shall be binding upon the parties, executors,
trustees, curators, legatees, heirs and other successors in
title.
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You shall not cede or assign any of Your rights or obligations
under the Terms without the prior written consent of COMPANY.
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You hereby agree to abide by all the terms, conditions and
obligations as mentioned anywhere else on the Terminal, which
shall be considered as incorporated herein by way of reference
and that they shall be binding on you without any contest or
demur.
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You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Terms may be amended
by COMPANY in its sole discretion, and such amendment shall be
binding upon you from the date of publishing of the same on the
Terminal. You shall not be entitled to challenge the discretion
of COMPANY at any point in time in any forum.
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COMPANY may or may not inform You about changes in these Terms.
You hereby agree that You shall check the Terms regularly to
keep yourself updated on the said changes.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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In order to access the Terminal and provide the Services, You are
required to have an internet compatible and internet enabled
desktop/laptop/mobile device.
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It is Your responsibility to ensure Your mobile
device/desktop/laptop meets all the necessary technical
specifications to enable You to access the Terminal and provide the
Services.
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It is Your responsibility to ensure that the operating system,
antivirus software any other software is licensed and original.
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CHARGES AND PAYMENTS
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Unless otherwise agreed in writing, You agree to give Non-refundable
charge to COMPANY, as intimated by COMPANY for the purpose of
provisioning of Services through the Terminal. This charge will not
be refundable in any circumstance and is a charge towards Services
set-up and maintenance costs of COMPANY.
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COMPANY may levy integration fee/ charges for integrating its
systems with Your systems for enabling the provisioning of the
Services. COMPANY may also charge fees from You like software or
Terminal up-gradation fee or any other fee to recover the cost of
up-gradation/installation of software/Terminal/any other equipment
at Your end for the provisioning of the Services.
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The charges and payments for the provisioning of the Services by
You, as a CSP of COMPANY shall be as per details as prevailing on
the date of Transactions as communicated via email or SMS or any
other mode from time to time and in absence thereof, as specified on
the Terminal and the same will be subject to TDS and other taxes as
per the laws applicable.
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TERMINATION, EFFECTS OF TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, FINES AND
PENALTIES
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TERMINATION
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COMPANY shall have the right, at its sole and absolute
discretion, to terminate your engagement as a CSP of COMPANY,
without any liability by COMPANY to You upon giving 15 days
prior written notice to You, without assigning any reason
thereof; Similarly, You shall have the right to terminate your
engagement as a CSP of COMPANY, upon giving 30 days prior
written notice to COMPANY.
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COMPANY shall have the right to terminate your engagement as a
CSP of COMPANY without any liability by COMPANY to You
immediately, upon written notice by COMPANY, if there is (i) any
material adverse change in the business environment or (ii) any
change in Applicable Law or (iii) any requirement or directive
of the Service Provider, which prevents the continuing of the
arrangement under these Terms or if the
license/permission/approval of COMPANY, given by any statutory/
regulatory authority/Bank/Service Provider is revoked or
terminated for any reason.
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COMPANY shall have the right to terminate your engagement as a
CSP of COMPANY without any liability by COMPANY to You
immediately, upon written notice by COMPANY, if the You cease or
threaten to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of Your
business, or become insolvent, or make an assignment for the
benefit of Your creditors, or a receiver is appointed for Your
business, or an order is made for the winding up or liquidation
of Your business (other than for the purposes of amalgamation or
reconstruction).
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COMPANY shall have the right, at its sole and absolute
discretion, either, to temporarily deny, limit, suspend Your
log-in and access to the Terminal to provide the Services,
and/or take any other action as it may deem fit, including
levying liquidated damages (as specified below) and/ or pursuing
any remedies that may be available under any Applicable Law or,
terminate your engagement as a CSP of COMPANY immediately and in
all such cases, without any liability by COMPANY to You, and
without any notice to You, on occurrence of the following events
of default ("Events of Default"):
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You are found to be engaged in any material violations, breach,
defaults and non-compliance of these Terms and/or Privacy
Policy.
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You are found to be involved in gross negligence or serious
misdemeanor or any undesirable activity or any criminal offence
including but not limited to cyber crime, fraudulent activity,
forgery, misappropriation of funds, breach of trust.
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You are found to be overcharging from the Customers for the
Services and/or collected any fees/charges other than specified
by COMPANY.
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There are frequent Customer complaints against You and/or You
are found to be misbehaving with any Customer.
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Customer complaints/disputes against You continue even after
repeated warnings are issued by COMPANY.
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In the opinion of COMPANY, any breach of these Terms is not
curable or Your continuation of the provisioning of the Services
is not desirable or its continuance therein poses a grave
systemic risk.
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You do not continue to conform to the qualification/ eligibility
criteria for Your appointment/ engagement, as set by COMPANY or
any statutory or regulatory authority.
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You fail to adhere to Applicable Laws and other statutory
requirements.
- You have abused Your rights to provide the Services.
- You are in breach of the Privacy Policy.
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You have performed any act which is or likely to be harmful or
defamatory to COMPANY, its customers, suppliers or any other
third party.
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You made use of the Services to perform an illegal act, or for
the purpose of enabling, facilitating, assisting or inducing the
performance of such an act.
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You made any confidential and/or proprietary information
pertaining to COMPANY and/or the Services public without the
prior written consent of COMPANY.
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Your continuation as CSP is not desirable or Your continuance as
a CSP poses risk to COMPANY, as decided by COMPANY in its sole
discretion.
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EFFECTS OF TERMINATION
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The termination of Your engagement as a CSP with COMPANY, for
any cause or without any cause whatsoever, shall have following
effects and consequences:
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You shall cease to represent COMPANY in any of Your dealings
with any third party.
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All rights granted to You or COMPANY under these Terms shall
terminate. Your log-in and access to the Terminal shall get
terminated and You shall not be able to access and log-in to
the Terminal and You shall not be entitled to provide the
Services.
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You shall return to COMPANY promptly, in good condition all
assets, inventories, services/ material, all instructions
books and manuals, technical catalogues and other material,
documents and papers etc whatsoever provided to You by
COMPANY
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You shall not be entitled to claim any amount of loss or
compensation for termination of the said engagement.
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Termination of Your engagement with COMPANY for any reason
shall not affect any rights and / or obligations of COMPANY
or You, which (i) accrued before the date of such
termination; or (ii) expressed or intended to continue in
force after and despite such expiry or termination.
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You agree that notwithstanding the termination of Your
engagement, COMPANY will continue to be entitled to use the
information supplied by You or collected from You during Your
use of the Terminal and provision of the Services by You.
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LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, FINES AND PENALTIES
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On occurrence of any Event of Default, COMPANY shall have the
right, without prejudice to any of its right, as specified
above, to impose liquidated damages which shall be not less than
10,00,000/- ( Rupees Ten Lacs only) per instance and You agree
to pay the same on demand without any demur or contest.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, You
shall be liable to pay/indemnify COMPANY for any fine or penalty
imposed by any statutory/regulatory/governmental
authority/RBI/court in connection with Your acts of commission
and omission while providing the Services. COMPANY shall be
entitled at its sole discretion to setoff/adjust such
fine/penalty from any payments due by COMPANY to You.
Explanation: For the purposes of this clause 7, You shall also
include Your employees, officers, agents, representatives,
successors and assigns.
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
COMPANY, INCLUDING ITS
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, SUB-CONTRACTORS, VENDORS,
SUPPLIERS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, PARENT COMPANIES, SISTER COMPANIES,
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE AND LOSS
(INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF DATA AND WORK STOPPAGE), COSTS,
EXPENSES AND PAYMENTS, REGARDLESS OF THE ALLEGED LIABILITY OR FORM OF
ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE,
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, PRODUCT LIABILITY AND STRICT
LIABILITY, THAT MAY RESULT FROM, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF
TERMINAL OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THE TERMINAL AND PROVISION OF THE
SERVICES, OR FROM ANY FAILURE, ERROR, OR DOWNTIME IN THE FUNCTION OF THE
SERVICES, OR FROM ANY FAULT OR ERROR MADE BY COMPANY'S STAFF, OR FROM
YOUR RELIANCE ON CONTENT DELIVERED THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR FROM THE
NATURE OF CONTENT DELIVERED THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR FROM ANY
COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY OR FROM ANY DENIAL OR CANCELLATION OF REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION THROUGH THE SERVICES, OR FROM RETENTION, DELETION,
DISCLOSURE OR ANY OTHER USE OR LOSS OF CONTENT THROUGH THE SERVICES,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES. IN ANY EVENT, YOUR SOLE REMEDY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE
CORRECTIONS OF SUCH ERRORS, AS DEEMED FIT BY COMPANY IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE AFORESAID, IT IS HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGED BY YOU THAT THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF COMPANY, FOR ANY
REASONS WHATSOEVER, WILL NOT EXCEED RS. 100/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED ONLY)
OR THE TOTAL COST PAID BY THE CUSTOMER UNDER THE TRANSACTION IN DISPUTE,
WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
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DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
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EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS, COMPANY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OR PROVISIONING
OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION DELIVERED OR SENT
THROUGH THE SERVICES TO YOU OR THE CUSTOMER. THE SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED GUARANTEE OR ASSURANCE OF
QUALITY, RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT DELIVERED THROUGH THE SERVICES.
COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
THE SERVICES. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE USE OF
THE SERVICES WILL NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGES TO YOUR DEVICE OR SYSTEM OR
TO ANY OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO YOUR DEVICE OR APPLICATIONS AND
CONTENT THAT RESIDE ON YOUR DEVICE. YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE USE OF THE TERMINAL, AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES IS ENTIRELY, OR
AT THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES WILL OPERATE
IN AN UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE MANNER, OR THAT
THE SERVICES WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE OR FREE FROM ERRORS OR THAT
THE SERVICES WILL BE IMMUNE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS.
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COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS THAT
YOU WILL FIND THE SERVICES SUITABLE FOR YOUR NEEDS. COMPANY DOES NOT
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVE WILL BE FREE FROM
TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR THAT THE CONTENT WILL BE LEGAL, NON
INFRINGING OR WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RIGHTS OR APPLICABLE LAWS OR THAT
THE CONTENT WILL NOT CONTAIN ANY OBJECTIONABLE MATERIALS.
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YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ROLE OF COMPANY IS LIMITED TO
PROVIDING SERVICES AND THAT COMPANY DOES NOT IN ANY MANNER WARRANTY,
GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE ACCURACY
AND/OR VERACITY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RESPECT OF SERVICES.
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THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT THEREUNDER ARE NOT INTENDED TO
CONSTITUTE OR FORM THE BASIS OF ANY ADVICE (PROFESSIONAL OR
OTHERWISE) OR TO BE USED IN, OR IN RELATION TO, ANY DECISION OR
TRANSACTION. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY (REGARLESS OF HOW IT
MIGHT ARISE) FOR ANY CLAIM OR LOSS ARISING FROM: " ANY ADVICE GIVEN;
" ANY DECISION MADE; OR " ANY TRANSATION MADE OR EFFECTED. IN
RELIANCE ON, OR ON THE BASIS OF THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT
THEREUNDER NOR ANY SUCH LIABILITY ARISING FROM ANY OTHER USE OF, OR
RELIANCE ON, THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT THEREUNDER.
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COMPANY CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES AND ANY
CONTENT THEREUNDER WILL BE FREE FROM VIRUSES AND/OR OTHER CODE THAT
MAY HAVE CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS. IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE SECURITY SAFEGUARDS
(INCLUDING ANTI-VIRUS AND OTHER SECURITY CHECKS) TO SATISY YOUR
PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF THE
CONTENT.
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COMPANY WILL BE ENTITLED TO USE, SUBJECT TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AS
DEFINED ABOVE, ANY INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY YOU DURING THE COURSE OF
ACCESSING THE TERMINAL AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
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YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SERVICES, TERMINAL, ALONG WITH ANY
HARDWARE, INVENTORY, TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION/DATA, INFORMATION,
LICENSES, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, ETC, OF COMPANY AS REQUIRED FOR
PROVISIONING OF SERVICES UNDER THESE TERMS, ARE PROVIDED ON "AS IS"
BASIS. COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT THE
SERVICES, TERMINAL, ALONG WITH ANY HARDWARE, INVENTORY, TECHNICAL
DOCUMENTATION/DATA, INFORMATION, LICENSES, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, ETC
AS REQUIRED/ PROVIDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE TERMS WILL MEET ANY
REQUIREMENTS OF CUSTOMER (AS DEFINED) OR ANY THIRD PARTY. YOU
FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY
OF THE SERVICES AND TERMINAL MAY BE AFFECTED DUE TO NETWORK
CONNECTIVITY, INTERNET RELATED ISSUES, SERVER BREAKDOWN, SCHEDULED
DOWNTIMES, ANY OTHER TECHNICAL ISSUES AND/OR UNAVAILABILITY OF THE
SERVICES OR PART THEREOF AT THE END OF THE RELEVANT REGULATORY/
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY/ SERVICE PROVIDER/SYSTEM PROVIDER/BANKS.
COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOU RESULTING
FROM AND PURSUANT TO THESE TERMS.
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INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold
COMPANY, its licensors, business partners, contractors, sub-contractors,
vendors, suppliers, merchants, parent companies, sister companies,
subsidiaries and other affiliates of COMPANY and their respective
officers, directors, shareholders and employees, indemnified and
harmless from any claim, liabilities, damages, costs, losses, demands,
expenses, chargebacks, charges and penalties, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, made by any third party in connection with or arising
out of, provisioning of the Services, or any act of commission or
omission by You amounting to non- adhering to these Terms or any breach
of Applicable Laws or any fraudulent, illegal, unlawful or undesirable
practices or negligence or mischief on Your part or any infringement of
intellectual property rights of any third party or any unauthorised use
of the Services/ devices supplied by COMPANY, by You or occurrence of
any Event of Default (refer clause 7).
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CONFIDENTIALITY
You undertake that You shall
treat as confidential all Confidential Information of COMPANY and shall
not disclose it to any third party. For avoidance of doubt,
"Confidential Information" shall be deemed to include (without
limitation) (a) the following types of information and other information
of a similar nature, whether or not set forth in writing: discoveries,
ideas, concepts, papers, software in various stages of development,
designs, drawings, specifications, techniques, models, prototypes, data,
source code, object code, documentation, manuals, diagrams, flow charts,
schematics, research, process, procedures, functions, "know how",
marketing techniques and materials, marketing and development plans,
Customer names and other information related to Customers including
their KYC and details of Transactions undertaken for the Customers,
price lists, pricing policies and financial information; and (b) any
information disclosed to COMPANY by any third party under obligations of
confidentiality to COMPANY.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE TERMS
COMPANY may amend and modify these Terms and Privacy Policy from time to
time, including any and all documents and policies incorporated thereto
without any prior notice to You. You agree to be bound by any of the
changes made in therein. Continuing to access the Terminal and to
provide the Services will indicate Your acceptance of the amended Terms.
If You do not agree with any of the amended Terms, then You must avoid
any further use of the Terminal and provision of the Services. COMPANY
advises You to periodically read these Terms, as it may change from time
to time.
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms including the Privacy Policy and any other agreement (as
referred in following sentence) constitute the entire agreement between
You and COMPANY and govern Your access of the Terminal and providing the
Services. In case there is any other agreement that has been executed
between COMPANY and such CSPs for the purpose of providing the Services,
the provisions of such agreement shall be read and applicable in
addition to these Terms. However, in case of any inconsistency in the
provisions of these Terms and such agreement, the provisions of these
Terms shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
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These Terms shall be governed by the laws of India. You and COMPANY
agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of New Delhi. In case of any dispute or other matter arising
in reference to the Terms and/or the Services, such dispute or other
matter shall be referred to a sole arbitrator appointed by COMPANY
and shall be governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996,
amended from time to time. The venue for arbitration shall be Noida,
and shall be conducted in English language. All the costs, charges
and expenses in connection to the arbitration shall be solely borne
by the user who raised the dispute.
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Subject to the provisions of clause 14.1 above, the courts having
jurisdiction under the provisions of the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996, to determine all the matters which the court
is entitled to determine under the Act, including, without
limitation, provision of interim reliefs under the provisions of
section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, shall
exclusively be the courts at New Delhi, India.
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WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS
Failure delay or neglect by COMPANY to enforce at any time any of the
provisions hereof shall not be construed nor be deemed to be a waiver of
the COMPANY's rights hereunder nor in any way affect the validity of the
whole or any part of these Terms nor prejudice COMPANY's rights to take
subsequent action. No remedy conferred by any of the provisions of these
Terms is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy which is otherwise
available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise, and each and every
other remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity,
by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more of such
remedies by COMPANY shall not constitute a waiver by COMPANY of the
right to pursue any other available remedies. If any provision (or part
thereof) of these Terms is held to be a violation of any Applicable Law,
the same shall be deemed to be deleted from these Terms to the extent of
such violation. The remainder of these Terms shall remain in full force
and effect as if such provision (or part thereof) had not originally
been contained in these Terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
COMPANY shall provide for an acceptable alternative provision in place
of the provision so deleted, in its sole discretion which shall be
binding on You without any contest or demur.
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SURVIVAL
You agree and confirm that the indemnities, confidentiality obligations,
limitation of liability, disclaimer of warranties, dispute resolution
mechanism, shall survive the efflux of time.
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ASSIGNMENT
You shall not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefit, or interest
in these Terms without COMPANY's prior written approval. However,
COMPANY may assign these Terms to its affiliates/ Bank without Your
consent. The Bank, upon such assignment, may, at its sole direction,
terminate this Agreement and cease to make payments to You, if any.
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GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL AND GRIEVANCE OFFICER
In accordance with Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made there
under, the contact details of the Grievance Officer are as
under:
Email Address: grievances@spicemoney.com
Contact telephone number: 0120-5077784 / 0120-3645633
Timing: 10:00 AM to 5:00PM from
Monday to Friday except public holiday
In case You have any complaints or grievance, You may either contact or
write to the Grievance Officer on the contact details.
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COMMUNICATION WITH COMPANY
You shall communicate by sending a written communication through
registered post or courier at Global Knowledge Park, 19A & 19B, Sector
125, Noida- 201301