TERMS AND CONDITIONS
o THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ELECTRONIC RECORD IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, ACT, 2000 AND RULES MADE THEREUNDER. THIS ELECTRONIC RECORD IS
GENERATED BY A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL
SIGNATURES. THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS WERE UPDATED ON 15 February 2016
(hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”/ “Terms of Use”)
o 1. INTRODUCTION ON THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT
o TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONSTITUTE LEGAL CONTRACT. The terms stated
herein including any additional guidelines and/or future modifications to this
Agreement read together with the Privacy Policy, available at www.m-recharge.co.in online shall constitute a legal contract between any person utilizing
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER (“User”) of the one part, and MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER (“MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER ”/“Company”)
having its registered office at referred
to as “Parties” and singularly referred to as “Party”).
o ACCEPTANCE OF T&Cs. By using, browsing, accessing, registering or
accessing www.m-recharge.co.in or any mobile application developed by MRECHARGE SERVICE PROVIDER
(“Site”), or availing any service rendered by MRECHRAGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER, a
User fully, absolutely and unequivocally agrees to comply with and abide by the
Agreement.
o ELIGIBILITY. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services are open only to
persons of 18 years of age and above who have a valid e-mail address and mobile
phone number. Users who have been previously suspended or removed from availing
any service by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall not be eligible to avail
services from MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER. Users shall not impersonate any
person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent identity, age or
affiliation with any person or entity. If you are below 18 years of age, please
exit the Site.
o APPLICABILITY. The terms of this Agreement shall be applicable to
Users, Business Partners, Alliance Partners and Applicable Controlled Entities,
as set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement shall be deemed to be
incorporated in the Applicable Agreement. Any reference to the “Agreement”
shall include a reference to the Applicable Agreement and any reference to
“Applicable Agreement” shall include a reference to this Agreement.
o INCONSISTENCY. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Applicable
Agreement shall prevail over this Agreement in case of any inconsistency.
o 2. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears and/or the context
otherwise requires, capitalized terms defined by: (i) inclusion in quotation
and/or parenthesis have the meanings so ascribed; and (ii) the following terms
shall have the meanings assigned to them herein below:
“Alliance Partners” are individuals/sole-proprietorships/companies/LLP’s etc
who have entered into a service agreement with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
for offering MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER’ products and services through
web/mobile/API or through any channel whose particulars are listed in Clause 1
of the service agreement with Alliance Partners.
“Applicable Agreement” refers to service agreement in relation to Business
Partners and Alliance Partners.
“Applicable Controlled Entity” collectively refers to (i) Sub-Partners
appointed by Business Partners, and the Alliance Partners.
“Applicable Law” includes all applicable Indian statutes, enactments, acts of
the state legislature or parliament, laws, ordinances, rules, bye-laws,
regulations, notifications, guidelines, directions, directives and orders of
any governmental authority, statutory authority, board, recognized stock
exchange, as may be applicable including but not limited to Guidelines on
Managing Risks and Code of Conduct in Outsourcing of Financial Services by
Banks, Business Correspondent Guidelines issued by RBI from time to time, Payment
& Settlement Systems Act, 2007 and rules made thereunder, Policy Guidelines
on Issuance and operation of Pre-paid Payment Instruments in India.
“Business Partners” are firms who have entered into a service agreement with MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER whose particulars are listed in Clause 1 of the service
agreement.
“Confidential Information” means and includes the Intellectual Property and any
and all business, technical and financial information of
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or of any of its affiliates that is
related to any of the arrangements contemplated in this Agreement or any other
agreement in which this Agreement is incorporated by reference or otherwise
disclosed by
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to the User any information which relates
to its financial and/or business operations, including but not limited to,
specifications, models, merchant lists/information samples, reports, forecasts,
current or historical data, computer programs or documentation and all other
technical, financial or business data, information related to its internal
management, customers, products, services, anticipated products/services,
processes, financial condition, employees, merchants, Intellectual Property,
marketing strategies, experimental work, trade secrets, business plans,
business proposals, customer contract terms and conditions,
compensation/commission/ service charges payable to the User, and other
valuable confidential information and materials that are customarily treated as
confidential or proprietary, whether or not specifically identified as
confidential or proprietary.
“Customers” shall mean persons, including all body corporate, partnerships,
limited liability partnerships, who are availing services, either as a consumer
or otherwise, rendered by a service provider through the User using
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER products or services.
“Credit” shall mean the payment made by the Business Partner/Alliance Partner
to the Company to carry out transactions through the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER platform.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date of activation of the account of the User
on MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER portal.
“MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Platform” shall mean and include, the platforms
(website, mobile app, others) of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER that the User
accesses for registration and further for transacting, including all contents,
services, and technology offered through the Platform.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean all intellectual property used for the
purpose of or in association with or in relation to the performance of this
Agreement and Applicable Agreement, and includes without limitation, (a)
Software, operating manuals, software code, program, instructions, specifications,
processes, input methods, data or information used in relation to, or in
association with, or for the operation of the software installed by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER, (b) the trademarks, service marks, trade names,
business names, logos, symbols, styles, colour combinations used by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER during the course of its business and all depictions,
derivations and representations thereof, (c) all promotional material including
without limitation, advertisements, literature, graphics, images, content and
the ‘look and feel’ of all of the above, (d) all information, data or material
in whatever form, whether tangible or not, provided by MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER to the User during the course of Applicable Agreement; and (e)
all techniques, formulae, patterns, compilations, processes, inventions,
practices, methodology, techniques, improvement, utility model, procedures,
designs, skills, technical information, notes, experimental results, service
techniques, samples, specifications of the products or services, labeling
specifications, rights on software, and any other knowledge or know-how of any
nature whatsoever.
“Merchants” shall mean individuals and/or entities registered on MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER platform and/or appointed by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
and/or for discharging functions prescribed under these terms & conditions
and/or includes Business Partners, Alliance Partners, etc.
“Products” shall mean products developed by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
including products permitting electronic top-ups, utility bill payments, travel
bookings, delivery of various financial products, other value-added services
using various devices like ATMs, POS, Mobile Apps, Internet and any other
products available on MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER platform from time to
time.
“Service Provider” shall mean any entity with which
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER has, directly or indirectly, executed an
agreement for facilitating Transactions between such entity and its Customers.
“Software” shall include custom-built software that is owned by MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER, or software that has been licensed from third party suppliers
by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER and in relation to which MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER has obtained the right to sub-license from such third party
suppliers.
“Sub-Partners” shall mean individuals and/or entities appointed by the
merchants on whose premises/outlets/website the Products shall be sold to the
Customers, for and on behalf of the Service Providers, to facilitate completion
of Transactions initiated by such Customers, through the merchants.
“Transactions” shall mean and include transactions taking place between a
Service Provider and its Customers including, but not limited to, electronic
top-ups for various services, utility bill payments, delivery of financial
products and other services of a like nature provided by the Service Provider
through MRECHARGETHE SERVICE PROVIDER Products.
“Users” shall include individuals, Business Partner, and Alliance Partner,
unless the context provides otherwise or if the context in which the term
“User” has been used is inapplicable to such individual, Business Partner or
Alliance Partner.
3. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER. Users agree that the
information provided by the Users to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER on
registration and at all other times, including payment, is true, accurate,
current, and complete.
SECURITY OF ACCOUNT. Users’ mobile number and email identify a Users’ account
with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER through which MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER services are dispensed (“Account’). MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
encourages Users to choose a strong password to protect their Account. It is
advised that users do not share their password with anyone or write it down. MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER never, under any circumstances, asks for an Account’s
password. If a User has any reason to believe that his Account is no longer
secure, then the User shall immediately notify MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
and indemnify MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER from any liabilities that may
arise from the misuse of such a User’s Account.
PRIVACY POLICY. All information collected from a User pursuant to the provision
of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services, and information collected by
Alliance Partner, Business Partners, Sub-Partners and Merchants during the
performance of this Agreement or Applicable Agreement, is subject to MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER Privacy Policy.
RECLAIMING INACTIVE ACCOUNTS. If an Account is found to be overly inactive, the
Account may be reclaimed by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER without providing
notice to the concerned User. An Account is considered as inactive if the
concerned User is not signing in and/or has not done any transactions for more
than 6 consecutive months from the Account.
THIRD PARTY SITES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services and/or the Site may include links or references to other web sites or
services solely for the Users’ convenience (“Reference Sites”).MRECHARGETHE
SERVICE PROVIDER does not endorse any such Reference Sites or the information,
materials, products, or services contained on or accessible through Reference
Sites. Correspondence or business dealings between Users and concerned
Reference Sites are solely between such User and the concerned Reference Site.
Access and use of Reference Sites, including the information, materials,
products, and services on or available through Reference Sites is solely at
concerned User’s own risk.
BILLING AND PAYMENT. All payments made by Users directly to MRECHARGETHE
SERVICE PROVIDER, shall be made in the manner and in the quantum detailed on
the User’s Account at MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Platform. Users may be
notified by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER regarding any change in the quantum
of payments to be made to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER and the manner of
disbursement of such payments; however Users are advised to regularly update
themselves of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER billing and payment policy by
regularly visiting the Site. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall solely decide
on the payments to be provided to User and may amend the payment structure at
any time without any prior notice to the User. However, after any such
amendment, the detailed payment structure will be made available to the User
and be effective immediately. Credit maintained by the Users with MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER shall be non-interest bearing and shall be forfeited by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER if found lying unused for more than 365 days. The User
shall keep enough Credit with MRECHARGETHE SERVICE PROVIDER to avoid decline of
transactions on the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Platform.
SALES. All sales of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services are final with no
refund or exchange permitted. Users are responsible for details provided
leading to purchase of services. If MRECHARGETHE SERVICE PROVIDER does not
deliver service within 24 hours of money being charged to a User’s payment
account through a transaction on the Site, the User may inform MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER by sending an e-mail to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
customer services e-mail address mentioned on the Contact Us page. . MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall investigate the case and if it is found that
money was indeed charged to User’s Payment Account without delivery of the
service then User may be refunded the money within 15 working days from the
receipt of his e-mail.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. In no event will MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or its
directors, agents, officers, or employees be liable to a User for any special,
indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages (including
without limitation lost business opportunities, lost revenues, or loss of
anticipated profits or any other pecuniary or non-pecuniary loss or damage of
any nature whatsoever) of any kind arising out of or relating to (i) this
Agreement or any other agreement entered by a User with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER, (ii) MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services, the Site or any
Reference site, or (iii) User’s use or inability to use MRECHARGETHE SERVICE
PROVIDER services, the Site or any Reference Sites, even if MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER or a MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER authorized representative
has advised of the possibility of such damages, (iv) unauthorized access to or
alterations of transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or
not sent or received, (v) any transactions entered into by any third person or
conduct of any other third party or any infringement of another’s rights, (vi)
the use of counterfeit or stolen cards, or stolen devices, or (vii) fraudulent
electronic transactions. It shall be at the sole discretion of MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER to reverse any transaction subject to approval of the
concerned Service Provider. Notwithstanding the above, if any court of law
finds that MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or its directors, officers, or
employees, are liable to indemnify a concerned User despite the existence of
this Clause 3.8, such liability shall not exceed the amount paid by the
concerned User, if any, for using the portion of the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services or the Site giving rise to the cause of action. Users acknowledge and
agree that MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER has offered its products and
services, set its prices, and entered into this Agreement and Applicable
Agreement in reliance upon the warranty, disclaimers, and the limitations of
liability set forth herein. Users acknowledge that the warranty, disclaimers,
and limitations of liability set forth herein reflect a reasonable and fair
allocation of risk between Users and MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER, and that
the warranty, disclaimers, and limitations of liability set forth herein form
an essential basis of the bargain between Users and MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER would not be able to provide the
services to Users on an economically reasonable basis without these limitation.
USER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The User represents and warrants that:
it has had a full and adequate opportunity to read and review the Applicable
Agreement and has had sufficient time to evaluate and investigate the provision
of services under the Applicable Agreement and the financial requirements and
risk associated with the same,
it has the requisite capital to set up and maintain the infrastructure as
required under the Applicable Agreement,
neither the execution of the Applicable Agreement nor the performance of the
User’s obligations under the Applicable Agreement will result in a violation or
breach of any other agreement by which the User is bound,
neither the User nor any of the User’s employees or agents is under any
pre-existing obligation in conflict or in any way inconsistent with the
provisions of the Agreement or Applicable Agreement,
it has the right to disclose or use all ideas, and other information, if any,
which the User has gained from third parties, and which the User discloses to MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER in the course of performance of the Agreement or
Applicable Agreement, without liability to such third partie MRECHARGETHE
SERVICE PROVIDER has a right to inspect User’s business premises that are
related to the provision of services under the Agreement or Applicable
Agreement, and to monitor continued and ongoing compliance of the Applicable
Agreement,
it shall immediately intimate MRECHARGETHE SERVICE PROVIDER of any violation or
potential violation of this Agreement by any Applicable Controlled Entity, or
of other circumstances that may cause damage to the goodwill and reputation of MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER,
it shall maintain accurate and proper accounts of all transactions between
Applicable Controlled Entity and itself in relation to discharge of duties by
the Applicable Controlled Entity under the Applicable Agreement,
it shall provide periodic reports of business operations with respect to the
services rendered under the Applicable Agreement to the sales executive
assigned by MRECHARGETHE SERVICE PROVIDER to the User,
it shall observe proper ethics and transparency in all its actions in the
course of discharge of duties under the Applicable Agreement and shall not, in
any circumstances, take any action or make any statement that may mislead any
Applicable Controlled Entity/customer or prospective Applicable Controlled
Entity /customer of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
it shall make all efforts to settle any disputes that may arise between
Applicable Controlled Entity, or between the Applicable Controlled Entity and
the consumers amicably and in the event, any such dispute is referred to a
consumer forum or other competent authority, shall provide all assistance in
the settlement of the dispute,
it shall bear all costs and expenses for traveling, promotional activities and
other similar out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of its duties
under the Applicable Agreement,
it will not allow the sale of any products and/or provision of any services
which are specifically restricted by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER,
it is a one-point contact for all its Applicable Controlled Entities and shall
be solely responsible for any fraudulent acts of the Applicable Controlled
Entities,
it has complete control over its Applicable Controlled Entities and that MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER will not be responsible to entertain any
complaints/queries received from any Applicable Controlled Entities appointed
by the User,
it shall comply with all its obligations pursuant to the Applicable Agreement
and ensure that all payments due from it to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER are
paid in a timely manner in accordance with the Applicable Agreement,
it shall be responsible to obtain any and all consents and approvals that are
required from regulatory or governmental authorities, including any consent
from Customers required to transfer data to the User and/or the MRECHARGETHE
SERVICE PROVIDER Platform, as the case may be, in accordance with Applicable
Law,
it shall ensure regular and timely payment and deposit of all taxes, duties and
other levies as applicable from time to time with the relevant authorities,
All costs associated with purchasing of software licenses and hardware (if any)
are to be absolutely and unconditionally borne by the User,
it shall be solely responsible for and hereby undertakes to strictly comply
with Privacy Policy, and Applicable Law having jurisdiction in any manner
whatsoever in connection with discharge of its duties under the Applicable
Agreement, including but not limited to data protection, security, piracy, and
directions issued by the Reserve Bank of India relating to payment data, and
shall obtain and maintain in full force and effect all registrations required
under Applicable Law for the operation of the business in terms of the
Applicable Agreement, and
it has full power and authority to enter into the Applicable Agreement and to
take any action and execute any documents required by the terms hereof and this
Applicable Agreement has been duly authorized, duly and validly executed and
delivered, and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable
in accordance with the terms hereof; and the persons executing the Applicable
Agreement on its behalf are duly empowered and authorized to execute the
Applicable Agreement and to perform all its obligations in accordance with the
terms herein
it shall not access (or attempt to access) the website and the Products by any
means other than through the interface that is provided by MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER. It shall not use any deep-link, page scrape, robot, spider or
other automatic device, program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or
equivalent manual process, to access, acquire, copy or monitor any portion of
the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Platform, or in any way reproduce or
circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the platform, without MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER express prior written consent.
it shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of
the Platform, or any other systems or networks connected to the Platform or to
any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through
the Platform, by hacking, password "mining" or any other illegitimate
means.
INDEMNIFICATION.
(1) User agrees to indemnify, save, and hold MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER,
its affiliates, contractors, employees, officers, directors, agents and its
third party suppliers, licensors, and partners harmless from any and all
claims, demands, actions, suits which may be threatened or brought against MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER, and also against all losses, damages, liabilities, costs,
charges and expenses, including without limitation, legal fees and expenses
arising out of or related to:
Users’ use or misuse of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services or of the
Site/application,
any violation by the User of this Agreement or Applicable Agreement,
any breach of representations, warranties and covenants made by the User in
this Agreement, or Applicable Agreement,
any claim or legal notice or quasi-legal proceedings to which MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER may be required to become party or to which MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER may be subjected by any person including any governmental
authority, by reason of breach of any Applicable Law,
due to failure of a User to obtain any required statutory or regulatory
approval necessary for the performance of its obligations in the Applicable
Agreement with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER,
all liability, claims, damages, costs, expenses suffered or incurred by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER as a result of any act or violation of the Business
Partner under Section 269ST of the Income Tax Act, 1961 while acting as
collection agent of the Company
(2) MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER reserves the right, at User’s expense, to
assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter, including rights to
settle, for which concerned User is required to indemnify MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER. User agrees to cooperate with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER defense
and settlement of these claims. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER will use
reasonable efforts to notify concerned User of any claim, action, or proceeding
brought by a third party that is subject to the foregoing indemnification upon
becoming aware of it.
DISCLAIMER. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to Applicable Law, MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER and its officers, directors, employees, and agents
disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to,
implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and
non-infringement of proprietary rights. No advice or information, whether oral
or written, obtained by a User from MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or
through MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER services or the Site will create
any warranty not expressly stated herein. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
does not authorize anyone to make any warranty on its behalf and Users
should not rely on any such statement. Users acknowledge that MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER is a reseller and is not liable for any third-party
seller’s obligations. It is the User’s responsibility to evaluate the accuracy,
completeness and usefulness of all opinions, advice, merchandise and other
information provided through the Site or on the Internet generally. FIRS THE
SERVICE PROVIDER does not warrant that its services will be
uninterrupted, or free of errors, viruses or other harmful components and that
any of the foregoing defects will be corrected. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services and the Site and any data, information, third party software,
Reference Sites, or software made available in conjunction with or through its
services and the Site are provided on an “as is” and “as available”, “with all
faults” basis and without warranties or representations of any kind either
express or implied. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER and its third party
suppliers, licensors, and partners do not warrant or make any representations
regarding the use or the results of the use of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services, the Site or any Reference Sites in terms of correctness,
accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER, services and the Site
are owned and operated by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER and/or third-party
licensors. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information,
computer code (including source code and object code), products, software,
services, and all other elements of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services and the Site provided by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
(the “Materials”) are protected by Applicable Law. As between User and MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER , all Materials and MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
Intellectual Property are the property of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
and/or third-party licensors or suppliers. User agrees not to remove,
obscure, or alter MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or any third party's
copyright, patent, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices affixed to or
contained within or accessed in conjunction with or through MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER services. Except as expressly authorized by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER , the User agrees not to sell, license, distribute,
copy, modify, publicly perform or display, transmit, publish, edit, adapt,
create derivative works from, or otherwise make unauthorized use of the
Materials or MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Intellectual Property.
Parties do not accrue any rights or interest in the other Party’s Intellectual
Property and use of any Intellectual Property by either User or MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER shall be strictly in for the fulfillment of and in
compliance with the terms of the agreement between such User and MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER . Parties undertake that they shall not, nor will they
allow others to, reverse engineer or disassemble any parts of the other’s
Intellectual Property. If Users’ have comments regarding the MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER services and the Site or ideas on how to improve it,
please contact our Helpdesk. Please note that by doing so, concerned Users
hereby irrevocably assign to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER , and shall
assign to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER , all right, title and interest
in and to all ideas and suggestions and any and all worldwide intellectual property
rights associated therewith. Concerned User agrees to perform such acts and
execute such documents as may be reasonably necessary to perfect the foregoing
rights.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE BY ALLIANCE PARTNER. Alliance Partner grants a
non-exclusive license to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to use Alliance
Partner’s name, trademark, and logo in any marketing or promotional activities
undertaken by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER . Notwithstanding anything
contained herein, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall be under no
obligation to advertise, market, or promote Alliance Partner or Alliance
Partner’s Intellectual Property.
USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The user undertakes that:
it shall use the Intellectual Property solely for the discharge of its duties
under the Applicable Agreement,
it shall use Intellectual Property of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
only in the form and manner stipulated by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER ,
it shall seek prior written consent from MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
for use of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Intellectual
Property which is not previously provided for by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
,
it shall bring to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER notice all cases
concerning MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Intellectual Property’s (a)
infringement, (b) passing off, (c) registration or (d) attempted registration,
it shall render to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER all assistance in
connection with any matter pertaining to the protection of MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER Intellectual Property whether in courts, before
administrative agencies, or otherwise,
it shall not take any action which shall or may impair MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER right, title or interest in the Intellectual Property, or create
any right, title or interest therein or thereto, adverse to that of MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER ,
it shall not use or permit to be used the Intellectual Property by any
unauthorized person, and
it shall not misuse the Intellectual Property or use it together with any other
mark or marks.
MODIFICATION. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER reserves the right to
change, modify, add, or remove the terms of this Agreement, either in its
entirety or a part thereof (each, a “change”) at any time by posting a
notification to the Site or otherwise communicating the notification to Users.
The changes will become effective, and shall be deemed accepted by Users, 24
hours after the initial posting and shall apply immediately on a going-forward
basis with respect to payment transactions initiated after the posting date. If
Users do not agree with any such modification, Users sole and exclusive remedy
is to terminate their use of the Services.
CONFIDENTIALITY. Parties shall keep Confidential Information as confidential.
Each Party confirms that it shall protect Confidential Information with such
security, confidentiality, and degree of utmost care as it would prudently
apply to its own confidential information and use it solely in connection with
the transaction to which the Confidential Information relates. Both Parties
acknowledge and agree that they are aware of the sensitivity & secrecy
involved in keeping the customer data/information and transaction records and
shall ensure that neither any of the parties nor their employees, directors,
etc will do any act to violate the same. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Clause 3.16, Confidential Information shall exclude any information:
which is already in the possession of the receiving Party and not subject to
any other duty of confidentiality,
that is at the date hereof, or subsequently becomes, public otherwise than by
reason of a breach by the receiving party of the terms of this Agreement,
Information that becomes legally available to the receiving Party and/or its
affiliates or professional advisors on a non-confidential basis from any third
party, the disclosure of which does not, to the knowledge of that Party,
violate any contractual or legal obligation which such third party has to the
other Party with respect to such information, and
Information that is independently acquired or developed by the receiving Party
and/or its affiliates or professional advisors.
DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Each Party hereby agrees that it shall
not disclose any Confidential Information received by it without the prior
written consent of the other Party to any third party at any time. Provided, however,
that either Party may make the following disclosures for which no consent shall
be required from the other Party:
Disclosures to its directors, officers, employees,
affiliates/subsidiaries/group/holding companies, third-party service providers
and any employees thereof that it reasonably determines need to receive the
Confidential Information;
Disclosures to its legal and other professional advisers, instructed by it that
it reasonably determines to need to receive the Confidential Information; or
Disclosures to any person to whom it is required by law or any applicable
regulatory, supervisory, judicial or governmental order, to disclose such
information, or at the request of any regulatory or supervisory or judicial or
government authority.
NON SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES. The Parties agree not to solicit or employ staff
from each other’s organizations during the term of this Agreement and for 12
months immediately following the termination of the Agreement.
NON SOLICITATION OF CLIENTS. During the term of this Agreement, the User shall
not, either directly or indirectly, solicit, cause in any part of knowingly
encourage any existing or potential clients or customers of MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER to cease doing business or not to do business, in whole
or in part with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER , or solicit, cause
in any part or knowingly encourage an existing or potential clients or
customers of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to do business with any
person other than MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER , or associate
with any prospective clients or customers while they continue to be clients or
customers of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER .
NON-COMPETE ON BUSINESS PARTNER. Business Partner agrees that during the Term
and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, it shall not, directly or
indirectly, through its employees, affiliates or relatives or in a firm where
the Business Partner or any relative or nominee of the Business Partner is a
partner, or in any company where the Business Partner or any relative or
nominee of the Business Partner is a director or shareholder, without the prior
written consent of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER : (i) be
appointed as a Business Partner for any other person or legal entity which is
carrying on a business similar to or in competition with any business carried
by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER at the relevant time, whether in
India or abroad, or (ii) engage in any business that is similar to or in competition
with any business carried on by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER at
the relevant time.
COUNTERPARTS. The Applicable Agreement may be signed in two (2) or more
counterparts and each executed version or an electronic copy thereof shall be
deemed an original and which shall, singly or together, constitute one
agreement.
TERM. This Agreement and Applicable Agreement shall come into force from the
Effective Date and remain valid in perpetuity, unless terminated by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER by giving to the User, a prior written notice
of at least 90 days (“Term”).
TERMINATION. This Agreement and Applicable Agreement may be terminated in
accordance with the clauses below:
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement and Applicable Agreement by serving a written notice of thirty (30)
days to the User in the following circumstances: (a) the User commits any
breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement or Applicable Agreement and,
in the case of a breach capable of remedy, fails to remedy the same within
thirty (30) days after receipt of a written notice giving full particulars of
the breach and requiring it to be remedied; (b) if, in MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER opinion, the User is not a fit person/entity to carry
out the obligations imposed on the User under the Applicable Agreement; (c) if
the User fails to achieve the targets as may be communicated by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER from time to time.
On the occurrence of the User becoming subject of a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy or any voluntary proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership,
liquidation, or composition for the benefit of creditors.
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER may terminate the Agreement and
Applicable Agreement without notice provided: (a) if, by the acts or default of
the User, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER suffers damage to its name
and reputation; or (b) the Business Partner commits any breach of
Confidentiality; or (c) upon the occurrence of force majeure under Clause 3.28
of this Agreement; or (d) there is a change in shareholding/control or
management of the User; or (e) any event that would affect the ability of the
User to perform its obligations under the Applicable Agreement occurs; or (f)
any of the directors/partners/proprietors of the Business Partner are convicted
of any criminal charge.
in the event that MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER gives notice that
the Alliance Partner’s software or hardware is technically inadequate to
support the Connectivity at any stage of development, and the Alliance Partner
fails to cure such deficiency within 90 days after receiving notice to such
effect, then MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall be entitled to
give notice of termination as provided,
in the event MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER is unable to get
necessary permission / license from any Service Provider and any statutory
authority and/or any of the Service Provider rescinds its contract with MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER and/or the sale of Products slips down due to
any defective service, negligence or omission on part of the User, MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall have the right to rescind the Agreement
by giving 15 days’ notice to the User and the rescission shall take effect
after expiry of the stipulated period of 15 days. Provided that unless
otherwise specified by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER in its
notice, any termination of this Agreement, on account of rescission of an
existing contract with any Service Provider, shall be effective only in
relation to Transactions pertaining to such Service Provider and the Agreement
shall continue to remain in force between the Parties in respect of other
Service Providers.
CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION. The Parties shall adhere to the following clauses
immediately upon termination of this Agreement:
Upon termination of the Agreement for any reason, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER may immediately disconnect the availability of Products from the
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER Platform, including related services
provided by the platform, and no further Transactions may be effected through
theMRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER .
Except as otherwise agreed upon between the Parties, any license to use
Intellectual Property Products, of either Party which has been granted by such
Party to the other, pursuant to this Agreement, shall stand automatically
revoked with the termination of this Agreement by any Party.
User shall immediately discontinue and cease to use the trademark, logo and
other Intellectual Property provided by the Company and shall immediately hand
over any and all copies of documentation of such Intellectual Property.
Upon the termination of this Agreement, the concerned User shall return and
surrender to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER any Confidential
Information that comes into its possession during the course of its engagement
by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER and shall not retain a copy
thereof in any form whatsoever. User shall, with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER prior written consent, promptly destroy the Confidential
Information in its possession (and any copies, extracts, and summaries thereof)
and will provide MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER with written
certification of destruction.
immediately return to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER originals and copies
of any and all materials provided to the User pursuant to the Applicable
Agreement, including publicity and marketing materials in its possession.
provide remote access to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to disable any
software that MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER had installed.
remove all signboards, banners, glow sign boards of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER from its office and also all such material, which will indicate
any association with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
cease to promote, market or advertise MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER or
its products/services.
the User shall grant MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER , its employees or
agents, access to its information technology systems for a period of thirty
(30) days after termination.
Notwithstanding the above, the User shall not, if so directed by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER discontinue discharging its duties under the
Applicable Agreement during the notice period and shall continue discharging
its duties as per the Applicable Agreement until indicated otherwise by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER,
MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall have the right, exercisable at its
sole discretion, to appoint another User in its place. The User shall fully
cooperate with such newly appointed User.
Upon notice of termination from either party, the User shall ensure that during
the notice period leading to the termination, all systems and procedures will
be strictly adhered to and all customers handled properly. All inquiries from
customers will be diverted to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER by
the User.
Subject as otherwise provided in this Agreement and to any rights or
obligations that have accrued before termination, neither Party shall have any
further obligation to the other under this Agreement.
Any termination of this Agreement or Applicable Agreement shall be without
prejudice to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER rights under law and
equity
PROMOTION. The user shall promote the sale of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER products/services in accordance with the publicity and marketing
guidelines issued by the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER from time
to time. User shall only market/promote MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER
services as authorized by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER in writing
in this behalf and shall not market/promote any other services that may
potentially be provided by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER in the
future unless otherwise authorized in writing. The user shall maintain stock
and prepare MIS of the promotional material dispatched from MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER and ensure that such material will be displayed in the
Merchant outlets at prominent eye-level locations to promote the business at
that outlet.
ARBITRATION. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER may elect to resolve any
dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Agreement or MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER services by binding arbitration in accordance
with the provisions of the Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. Any
such dispute, controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis
and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy
of any other party. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall nominate
a sole arbitrator who shall preside over the arbitration proceedings between MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER and concerned User. The arbitration shall be
conducted in New Delhi, India and judgment on the arbitration award may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER or concerned User may seek any interim or preliminary
relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in New Delhi, India, necessary to
protect the rights or the property of concerned User or MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER (or its agents, suppliers, and subcontractors), pending
the completion of arbitration. Any arbitration shall be confidential, and
concerned User, nor shall MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER disclose
the existence, content or results of any arbitration, except as may be required
by law or for purposes of the arbitration award. All administrative fees and
expenses of an arbitration will be divided equally between MRECHARGE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER and concerned User. In all arbitrations, each party
will bear the expense of its own lawyers and preparation. The language of the
arbitration shall be English.
GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions and,
subject to the arbitration provision in section 3.19, the exclusive
jurisdiction of competent courts in New Delhi, India.
FORCE MAJEURE. Neither Party shall be liable for failure to perform its
obligations under this Agreement to the extent such failure is due to causes
beyond its reasonable control. In the event of a force majeure, the Party
unable to perform shall notify the other Party in writing of the events
creating the force majeure and the performance obligations of the Parties will
be extended by a period of time equal to the length of the delay caused by
force majeure; provided that if any such delay exceeds ninety days, then
following such ninety-day period, either party hereto may terminate the unperformed
portions of this Agreement on ten days prior written notice to the other Party.
For the purposes of this Agreement, force majeure events shall include, but not
be limited to, acts of God, failures or disruptions, orders or restrictions,
war or warlike conditions, hostilities, sanctions, mobilizations, blockades,
embargoes, detentions, revolutions, riots, looting, strikes, stoppages of
labor, lockouts or other labor troubles, earthquakes, fires or accidents.
RECORDS AND AUDIT. The Users shall maintain all statutory records as may be
required from time to time to be maintained under the Applicable Law. Further,
the Users shall maintain accurate books of accounts in relation to their
engagement with MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER, pursuant to service
rendered by User pursuant to the Applicable Agreement, in accordance with
standard accounting practices and shall have the same audited annually by an
auditor of good standing and repute and shall forward copies of the audited
accounts to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER annually or as and when
required by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER. The user hereby permits the
authorized personnel of the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to enter and inspect
all books, accounts, records, and materials in relation to the business
operations related to the Applicable Agreement during normal business hours.
During the term of Applicable Agreement and at any time within sixty (60) days
after the termination of the Applicable Agreement, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER or its employee/representative/agent may, at its expense, carry out an
audit to determine whether the User has properly complied with its obligations
under the Applicable Agreement. In the event the results of such audit
determine that the User has not complied with its obligations under the
Applicable Agreement, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER shall intimate the
User of such non performance or the non-observance and the Business Partner
shall immediately comply with its obligations, or within such other period as
may be specified by Company.
PUBLIC RELATIONS. Upon execution of the Applicable Agreement, Parties shall
have the right to announce the cooperative arrangement as described in the
Agreement, provided that all announcements must be approved in writing by both
Parties and such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unlawful, void,
invalid or otherwise unenforceable, then that provision will be limited or
eliminated from this Agreement to the minimum extent required, and the
remaining provisions will remain valid and enforceable.
ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement and any rights granted hereunder may not be
transferred or assigned by User without BEHALA KOLKATA WEST BENGAL, 700034
prior written consent but may be assigned by ,BEHALA KOLKAT WEST BENGAL, 700034
without restriction. Any assignment attempted to be made in violation of this
provision shall be void and of no effect..
SURVIVAL. Clause 1.4, 2.1, 3.3, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.16, 3.17,
3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.26, 3.27, 3.33 of this Agreement shall survive the
termination or expiration as applied to transfers and relationship prior to
such termination or expiration.
HEADINGS. The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, do
not constitute a part of this Agreement, and will not be deemed to limit or
affect any of the provisions hereof.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This is the entire agreement between Users and MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER relating to the subject matter hereof and will
not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties, or by a Change to
this Agreement made by MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
NOTICE. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER may provide Users with notices and
communications by email, regular mail, or posts on the MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER website, www.jkdigitalpay.in or by any other reasonable means. Except as otherwise set forth
herein, notice to MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER must be sent by
courier or registered post to Legal Department, MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER BEHALA KOLAKATA WEST BENGAL ,700034.
WAIVER. The failure of MRECHARGE THE SERVICE PROVIDER to exercise
or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not constitute a
waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision of this
Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by MRECHARGE
THE SERVICE PROVIDER .
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES. This Agreement is not intended by the Parties
to constitute or create a joint venture, pooling arrangement, partnership,
agency or formal business organization of any kind. MRECHARGE THE SERVICE
PROVIDER and the Alliance Partner/Business Partner shall be independent
contractors with each other for all purposes at all times and neither Party
shall act as or hold itself out as an agent or representative of the other
Party nor shall create or attempt to create liabilities for the other Party by
acting or holding itself out as such.