Terms and Conditions for Users Registering with SoOLEGAL:

By registering yourself with SoOLEGAL, it is understood and agreed by you that the Terms and Conditions mentioned herein this document shall be binding on you at all times during the period of registration and notwithstanding cessation of your registration with SoOLEGAL certain Terms and Conditions shall survive.

The Terms and Conditions will govern your access to and use of the services through an account and/or accounts and will be treated as your consent to abide by the Terms and Conditions that you or any firm (including Law Firm, CA/ CS/ ICWAI or any other Firm) you are attached with or any Body/ Association of Professionals including but not limited to any Advocate registered with any Bar Council under The Advocates Act, 1961, Chartered Accountants registered under The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, Company Secretary under The Company Secretaries Act, 1980, Retired Judge of any Court in India, any Academician (Legal & others) Student (Legal & others), Publisher, any Intelligence Service; that you represent ("You") and collectively would be referred as Registered User of SoOLEGAL Registered User Services Private Limited. By registering for or using the services, you will be responsible to abide by the Terms and Conditions. You shall also abide by the Service Terms and Program Policies for each service you register for or use in connection with the SoOLEGAL site.

1. Eligibility

All professionals mentioned in the foregoing under various Acts and Statutes who are eligible to be valid professionals under respective Acts/ Statutes shall be eligible to register and enroll.

2. Registration

To begin the Registration process, you must complete the registration process for one or more of the Services as you may deem fit per your requirement. As part of the application, you must provide us with your (or your Firm's) legal name, date of enrollment with applicable Statutory Authority and applicable Registration number, present and permanent/ office/ chamber address, valid phone number and e-mail address. We may at any time cease providing any or all the Services at our sole discretion and without notice.

Under certain circumstances a body/ association of Professionals may enroll with us and you being a part of such body/ association may become a registered member of our services by virtue of such enrolment and only to an extent as provided to you by us and your personal information may be displayed in our portal. In the event, you wish to discontinue to avail the service wherein you become a default registered member due to the body/ association of Professionals to which you are enrolled to, you may request us through email to have your name struck off.

3. Service Fee Payments

Fee details are described fully in the applicable Service Terms. You are responsible for all your expenses in connection with these services you are availing and entitled to by way of your category of registration, unless any provision under the Terms and Conditions provide otherwise. For the SoOLEGAL Site that you register for or use a Service in connection with, we may require you to submit valid credit card information from a credit card acceptable by SoOLEGAL (with respect to such SoOLEGAL Site, "Your Credit Card") as well as valid bank account information for a bank account in your name that is with a bank located within India and enabled for Your Account (which functionality may be modified or discontinued by us at any time without notice) (with respect to the SoOLEGAL Site, "Your Bank Account"). You will use only a name you are authorized to use in connection with the Service and will update such information as necessary to ensure that it at all times remain accurate and complete. You authorize us to verify your information (including any updated information), to obtain credit reports about you from time to time, to obtain credit authorizations from the issuer of Your Credit Card, and to charge Your Credit Card or debit Your Bank Account for any sums payable by you to us (in reimbursement or otherwise). At SoOLEGAL's option, all payments to you will be made to Your Bank Account, via cheque or electronic transfers or any other means as specified by us. You agree that SoOLEGAL shall not be liable for any failure to make payments to you on account of incomplete or inaccurate information provided by you with respect to Your Bank Account.

In addition to charging payable sums to Your Credit Card, we may instead choose to either (a) off-set any amounts that are payable by you to us (in reimbursement or otherwise) against any payments we may make to you, or (b) invoice you for amounts due to us, in which case you will pay the invoiced amounts upon receipt. Except as provided otherwise, all amounts contemplated as per these Terms and Conditions it will be expressed and displayed in the Local Currency, and all payments contemplated as per the Terms and Conditions will be made in the Local Currency. If we discover erroneous or duplicate transactions, then we reserve the right to seek reimbursement from you by deducting from future payments owed to you, charging Your Credit Card, or seeking such reimbursement from you by any other lawful means; provided that the foregoing will not limit your rights to pursue any good faith dispute with SoOLEGAL concerning whether any amounts are payable or due.

If we reasonably conclude based on information available to us that your actions and/or performance in connection with these Terms and Conditions,which may result in a significant number of customer disputes, chargebacks or other claims in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site, then we may, in our sole discretion and subject to applicable Law, delay initiating any payments to be made or that are otherwise due to you under this Agreement for the shorter of: (a) a period of one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days following the initial date of suspension; or (b) completion of any investigation(s) regarding your actions and/or performance in connection with the Terms and Conditions. You agree that we are entitled to the interest, if any, paid on balances maintained as deposits in our bank accounts.

4. Term and Termination

The term of this Agreement will start on the date of your completed registration for one or more of the Services (the "Effective Date") and continue until terminated by us or you as provided below (the "Term"). We may terminate or suspend any Service immediately in our sole discretion by notice to you for any reason at any time. You may terminate any Service for any reason at any time in writing. Termination or suspension of a Service will not terminate or suspend any other Service unless explicitly provided. Upon termination, all rights and obligations of both SoOLEGAL and you shall cease. Any term that expressly survives according to the applicable Service Terms will only survive termination.

5. Licence

It is understood by SoOLEGAL that the information or material that you provide in the SoOLEGAL portal is your original work and advisory material which you have proprietary rights to which you grant SoOLEGAL a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable right and licence during the Term and for as long thereafter as you are permitted to grant the said licence under applicable Law to use, reproduce, perform, display (public communication), distribute, adapt, modify, re-format, create and exploit derivative works of, and otherwise commercially or non-commercially exploit in any manner, any and all of Your Materials, and to sublicense the foregoing rights to our Affiliates and operators of SoOLEGAL Associated Properties; provided, however, that we will not alter any of Your Proprietary Right or Intellectual Property from the form provided by you and will comply with your removal requests as to specific uses of Your Copyright (provided you are unable to do so using the standard functionality made available to you via the applicable SoO-LEGAL Site or Services); provided further, however, that nothing in this Agreement will prevent or impair our right to use Your Materials without your consent to the extent that such use is allowable without a licence from you or your Affiliates under applicable Law (e.g., fair use under copyright law, or any other applicable Intellectual Property Rights, or valid licence from a third party).

6. Representations

You represent and warrant to us that: (a) if you are a Professional Firm, you are duly registered under applicable Laws, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the territory in which your Firm is registered and are a resident of India for income tax purposes every financial year; (b) you have all requisite right, power and authority to agree to the Terms and Conditions & perform your obligations and grant the rights, licences and authorizations you grant hereunder; (c) you and all of your affiliates, associates will comply with all applicable Laws in your performance of your obligations and exercise of your rights under this Agreement and (d) you and all your affiliates, associates are registered in applicable roll under appropriate statute and provide us with valid Registration Numbers at the time of registration with SoOLEGAL. You further represent that you or your Firm will not advertise your services on SoOLEGAL platform or publish any material that is in direct conflict with any statute under which you are registered where advertising is an express bar.

7. Indemnification

You release us from, and agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us (and our officers, directors, employees, agents and Affiliates) against, any claim, loss, damage, settlement, cost, taxes, expense or other liability (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) (each, a "Claim") arising from or related to: (a) your actual or alleged breach of any obligations of any Terms and Conditions; (b) any personal injury, death or loss of property due to any advice of provided by you to any client or any damage caused to any client related thereto; or (c) Any applicable tax accrued and incidental upon you.

8. Disclaimer

1. THE SoOLEGAL SITE AND THE SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, MA-TERIALS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE OR PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS." YOU ARE ENTITLED MERELY TO USE THE PORTAL ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY SoOLEGAL AND AS A USER OF THE SERVICES, YOU ACCESS THE SoOLEGAL SITE, THE SERVICES AND ANY ONLINE PORTAL OR TOOL PROVIDED BY SoOLEGAL TO HELP YOU AVAIL THE SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE AND OUR AFFILIATES WAIVE AND DISCLAIM: (1) ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, DECLARATIONS OR GUARANTEES REGARDING THE SERVICES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, DECLARATIONS OR GUARANTEES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT; (2) IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE; AND (3) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SoOLEGAL SITE OR THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE AVAILABLE, TIMELY, SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, AND WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SYSTEM FAILURES OR OTHER INTERRUPTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT THE RECEIPT, PROCESSING, ACCEPTANCE, COMPLETION OR SETTLEMENT OF ANY TRANSACTIONS OR ANY OTHER INTERRUPTION CAUSED DUE TO ANY FORCE MAJEURE EVENT WHERE WE DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN TILL THE CESSATION OF SUCH FORCE MAJEURE EVENT.SOME JURISDICTIONS' LAWS DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF AN IMPLIED WARRANTY, IN WHICH CASE THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND WE AND OUR AFFILIATES DISCLAIM TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER SUCH APPLICABLE LAW, ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON- INFRINGEMENT OR QUIET ENJOYMENT.

2. SoOLEGAL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN CLIENTS AND REGISTERED USERS OR ANY OTHER PARTICIPANT DEALINGS, IF A DISPUTE ARISES BETWEEN ONE OR MORE PARTICIPANTS, EACH OF YOU RELEASE SoOLEGAL (AND ITS AGENTS, AFFILIATES AND EMPLOYEES) FROM CLAIMS, DEMANDS, AND DAMAGES (ACTUAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL) OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED AND UNSUSPECTED, DISCLOSED AND UNDISCLOSED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH SUCH DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CLIENT(S) OR ANY OTHER PARTICIPANT(S) IN SUCH TRANSACTION OR DEALING.

3. SoOLEGAL SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT BY YOU OR YOUR FIRM OR YOUR AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES AS PER THE PROVISIONS UNDER ANY APPLICABLE ACT THROUGH WHICH YOUR FIRM OR YOU ARE REGISTERED.

9. Limitation of Liability

SoOLEGAL WILL NOT BE LIABLE (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, DOCUMENTS LIABILITY, ANY TYPE OF CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY OR OTHER IN THEORY OR OTHER-WISE) TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY COST OF COVER, RECOVERY OR RECOUPMENT OF ANY IN-VESTMENT MADE BY YOU OR YOUR AFFILIATES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT, REVENUE, OR DATA OR PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF SoOLEGAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH COSTS OR DAMAGES. SoOLEGAL IN FURTHERANCE SHALL NOT BE LIABLEFOR ANY GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILFUL MISCONDUCT.

10. Tax Matters

As between the parties, you will be responsible for the collection and payment of any and all of Your Taxes together with the filing of all relevant returns, such as service tax, PAN/CST and issuing PAN/CST invoices/credit memos where required. SoOLEGAL is not responsible for collecting, remitting or reporting any service tax, PAN/CST or other taxes arising from such transaction you do with your client using SoOLEGAL service. You are solely responsible for preparing, making and filing any tax audit report and statutory reports and other filings and responding to any tax or financial audits.

Unless stated otherwise, any and all fees payable by you pursuant to your availing SoOLEGAL Services are exclusive of all value added, service, sales, use, goods and services and similar taxes, and you will pay any taxes that are imposed and payable on such amounts. If we are required by law or by administration thereof to collect any value added, service, sales, use, goods and services or similar taxes from you, you will pay such taxes to us.

If for any reason, any income tax or withholding tax is determined to be deducted and deposited on any payments or remittances to you, SoOLEGAL will have the right to deduct and deposit any such applicable taxes with the appropriate regulatory authority. No claim in respect of the taxes deposited would be made by you against SoOLEGAL.

It is your responsibility as a REGISTERED USER on the SoOLEGAL.in platform to choose the most applicable Documents tax codes for your Documents, such that the correct tax rate is applied on all Documentsoffered for transaction by you on SoOLEGAL.in. If we determine that you are not in compliance with this provision, then we may suspend the services provided to you on the SoOLEGAL.in platform.

11. Confidentiality

During the course of your use of the Services, you may receive information relating to us or our Affiliates or to the Services that is not known to the general public ("Confidential Information"). You agree that: (a) all Confidential Information will remain SoOLEGAL's exclusive property; (b) you will use Confidential Information only as is reasonably necessary for your participation in the Services and ensure that persons who have access to Confidential Information will be made aware of and will comply with the obligations in this provision; and (c) you will not otherwise disclose Confidential Information to any individual, company, or other third party, including any Affiliates. You may not issue any press release or make any public statement related to the Services, or use our name, trademarks or logo in any way (including in promotional material) without our advance written permission, or misrepresent or embellish the relationship between us in any way.

12. Relationship of Parties

You and SoOLEGAL are independent contractors, and nothing in this document will be construed to crete a partnership, joint venture, association of persons, agency, franchise, sales representative, or employment relationship between the parties. SoOLEGAL is not an auctioneer, neither is it an intermediary between your client and you being the REGISTERED USER. You will have no authority to make or accept any offers or representations on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on your site or otherwise, that would contradict anything in this section. This Agreement will not create an exclusive relationship between you and us.

13. Use of SoOLEGAL Transaction Information

You will not, and will cause your Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly: (a) disclose or convey any SoOLEGAL Transaction Information (except you may disclose this information as necessary for you to perform your obligations under this Agreement and provided that you ensure that every recipient uses the information only for that purpose and complies with the restrictions applicable to you related to that information); (b) use any SoOLEGAL Transaction Information for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever (except as permitted below), or otherwise in any way inconsistent with our or your privacy policies or applicable Law; (c) contact a Person that has ordered Your Documents that has not yet been delivered with the intent to collect any amounts in connection therewith, to influence such Person to make an alternative purchase, or to harass such Per-son; (d) disparage us, our Affiliates, or any of their or our respective Documentsor services or any customer; or (e) target communications of any kind on the basis of the intended recipient being an SoOLEGAL Site user. The terms of this provision do not prevent you from using other information that you acquire without reference to SoOLEGAL Transaction Information for any purpose, even if such information is identical to SoOLEGAL Transaction Information, provided that you do not target communications on the basis of the intended recipient being an SoOLEGAL Site user.

14. Suggestions and Other Information

If you or any of your Affiliates elect to provide or make available suggestions, comments, ideas, improvements, or other feedback or materials to us in connection with or related to the SoOLEGAL Site or Services (including any related Technology), we will be free to use, disclose, reproduce, modify, licence, transfer and otherwise distribute, and exploit any of the foregoing information or materials in any manner. In order to cooperate with governmental requests, to protect our systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of our Law Firm and systems, we may access and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to user contact details, IP addresses and traffic information, usage history and posted content.

15. Modification

We may amend any of the terms and conditions contained in this document (including the Service Terms and Program Policies) at any time and solely at our discretion. Any changes will be effective upon the posting of such changes on REGISTERED USER Central or on the SoOLEGAL Site, and you are responsible for reviewing these locations and informing yourself of all applicable changes or notices. All notice of changes to the Agreement will be posted for at least 30 calendar days. Changes to Program Policies may be made without notice to you. You should refer regularly to Your Account or REGISTERED USER Central, respectively, to understand the current Terms and Conditions and Program Policies and to be sure that the items you offer for transaction to your client can be sold via the Service in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF A SERVICE AFTER SoOLEGAL'S POSTING OF ANY CHANGES WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS.

16. Password Security

Any password we provide to you may be used only during the Term to access Your Account or REGISTERED USER Account, respectively, (or other tools we provide) to use the Service, electronically accept Your Transactions, and review your completed transactions. You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your password. You may not disclose your password to any third party (other than third parties authorized by you to use Your Account in accordance with this Agreement) and are solely responsible for any use of or action taken under your password. If your password is compromised, you must immediately change your password.

17. Miscellaneous

The Terms and Conditions are as per the prevalent Laws of India and any dispute regarding these terms, shall be referred to applicable laws of India or the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The exclusive jurisdiction will be with the courts at New Delhi regarding any dispute with SoOLEGAL relating in any way to the Terms and Conditions or your use of the Services. You may not transfer or assign all or any portion of this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. Subject to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure to, and be enforceable against the you and your respective successors and assigns or affiliates, associates. We may perform any of our obligations or exercise any of our rights under this Agreement through one or more of our Affiliates. Our failure to enforce your strict performance of any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce such provision or any other provision of this Agreement subsequently.

SoOLEGAL retains the right to immediately halt any transaction, prevent or restrict access to the Services or take any other action to restrict access to or availability of any inaccurate listing, any inappropriately categorized items, any unlawful items, or any items otherwise prohibited by the applicable Program Policies.

The authentic language of this Agreement and subsidiary or associated documentation shall be English and any translations provided are for convenience only. In the event of any conflict or difference in interpretation between the English language version of this Agreement and subsidiary or associated documentation and any translation of them, the English language version and interpretation shall prevail. You agree we may communicate with you in English during the Term of this Agreement.

You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, disclose or make available any information provided or submitted by you or related to your participation under this Agreement (including information regarding Your Documents or Your Transactions) to any judicial, quasi-judicial, governmental, regulatory or any other authority as may be required by us to co-operate and / or comply with any of their orders, instructions or directions or to fulfill any requirements under applicable Laws.

We will send all notices and other communications (including transactional, promotional and/or commercial communication) to you at the e-mail addresses you designated for notifications and updates in your program application or within REGISTERED USER or Your Account respectively, or at the valid phone number provided by you or any other means then specified by SoOLEGAL. You consent to receive such communications through any mode including SMS, e-mail, phone calls etc. You may change your e-mail addresses or phone numbers via Your Account. You will up-date your e-mail addresses (as well as your legal name, address and phone number) as often as necessary to ensure that they are accurate. You must send all notices and other communication relating to SoOLEGAL to us.

You hereby accept the applicable Service Terms and the applicable Program Policies, which SoOLEGAL may modify from time to time. In the event of any conflicts between the Program Policies and this Agreement, the Program Policies will prevail. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the Services and related subject matter described herein and supersedes any previous or contemporaneous oral or written agreements and understandings.

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