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Recently, the #SupremeCourt of India in the case of Khushi Ram v. Nawal Singh [2021 SCC Online SC 128], vide its Judgment dated 22.02.2021, held that a #Hindu widow can enter into a #familysettlement read more
Recently, the #SupremeCourt of India in the case of Khushi Ram v. Nawal Singh [2021 SCC Online SC 128], vide its Judgment dated 22.02.2021, held that a #Hindu widow can enter into a #familysettlement with the descendants on her parental side.
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The Two Judge Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran passed a Judgment dated 17.02.2021 in the case of Compack Enterprises India (P) read more
The Two Judge Bench of the Hon’ble #SupremeCourt of India comprising of Justices Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Vineet Saran passed a Judgment dated 17.02.2021 in the case of Compack Enterprises India (P) Ltd. v. Beant Singh Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 2224-2225 of 2021 (Arising out of SLP(C) Diary No. 38441 of 2019) and reiterated that a #Consent Decree will operate as an #estoppel in cases where the #compromise has been vitiated by #Fraud, #Misrepresentation or #Mistake.
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INTRODUCTION:If an individual commits a crime, then a proper investigation must be conducted by the police officials. It is a duty of the police department to conduct all the necessary steps which are read more
INTRODUCTION:
If
an individual commits a crime, then a proper investigation must be conducted by
the police officials. It is a duty of the police department to conduct all the
necessary steps which are mentioned in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
and it is the duty of the judiciary to give proper punishment to the accused
person. It is true that when a crime is being committed a proper investigation
also has been conducted by the police officials but at the same time in many
cases it has been also found that, a proper investigation has not been
conducted by the police officials because the perpetrator himself is a police
man. Article 14 of Indian Constitution tells us about Right to Equality or
Equality before Law, which means every person in this country is equal in the
eyes of law. If a police official has committed a crime then a proper
investigation and trial must be initiated against him/her.
MISINTERPRETATION
OF POWERS:
Now
a days most of the police officials try to show themselves as the most
hardworking and the most sincere officer in the police department. Whenever
anyone is framed by the police on false accusations, their stock excuse is that
once they accept a report, they are obliged to file a case and prosecute. In
other terms, they try to project that they are so conscientious that they have
to examine every single word that has been narrated before them. Supreme Court
in a case State of West Bengal Vs. Swapan Kumar Guha, (1982) held
that an FIR cannot be investigated by the police officials if that FIR does not
uncover the commission of a cognizable offence. There is another case, Lalita
Kumari Vs. Government of Uttar Pradesh, (2013), where the Supreme Court had
held that, according to Section 157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973,
a police officer can shut down an FIR before the investigation if it seems
to him that there is not enough ground to examine the same matter.
According
to Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act,
2008, it is not necessary to arrest an accused, rather the police officials
can issue a notice with the subject ‘Notice of Appearance’ to the accused for
any type of offence which is punishable with imprisonment up to seven years. In
the case of Lalita Kumari, The Supreme Court held that while the registration
of the FIR pursuant to Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is
compulsory, the arrest of the accused immediately upon registration of the FIR
is not at all compulsory. Unfortunately, amid such exalted pronouncements, the
police still use detention as a major weapon for abuse.
IMPROPER
INVESTIGATION:
When
a police officer is the perpetrator in a particular offence, then the
investigation department does not bother to conduct a proper investigation
because the perpetrator himself is a member of the investigation department. Recently,
Justice Tanaji Nalawade and Justice Mukund Sewlikar of Aurangabad Bench of
Bombay High Court had pulled up Maharashtra Police Force by stating that police
officials do not investigate a matter seriously because the accused himself is
a police officer. The Bench was hearing a petition regarding improper
investigations which were being conducted in a hit and run case where a
motorist was struck down by a police sub-inspector. The Bench directed the
Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad Police to look into this matter personally. The
petition addressed the illegal prosecution of the case by the Aurangabad City
Police, in particular the fact that the accused was a police officer.
Having
searched the material on the record, the Court was of the view that the police
had not reported a panchnama of the car seizure. The Court also noted that,
because there was no panchnama, it was difficult to validate the testimony of
the eyewitnesses who all said that a grey car had dashed the motorist.
According to the Court there were serious allegations against the police sub-inspector however, no seriousness was shown and no proper investigation was
conducted by the investigation team. The Court also stated that, when there are
complaints against an employee in the agency, further caution has to be taken
by the investigation officer, and such type of officers must present in the
investigation team. Such an officer is not supposed to defend the person in his
or her department, but has to be more serious as the name of the department is
concerned with such matters.
The
Court was also of the view that, not only has the crime of causing the crash
& death has been committed, but other crimes of not taking care of the dead
and not telling the authorities of the incident are also being committed by the
accused. The Court had directed the Commissioner of Police to visit the
accident site and personally look into the matter. The Court also directed the
Commissioner of Police to change the investigating officer and also initiate an
action against the investigating officer.
CONCLUSION:
Though
it is said that “everyone is equal before the law”, in India, it is often found
that police officers are corrupt and involved in several types of crimes and
investigation and proper legal procedures are not conducted against them.
Police are government workers for the well-being and protection of citizens,
and are expected not to commit any act which is illegal or unacceptable in the
eyes of law. It is quite unfortunate to find that these police department
people are let go off without any investigation of the crimes committed by
them. Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states
that “All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination
to equal protection of the law”. Thus, to make justice to this, all human
beings must be treated equally irrespective of their race, caste, colour,
gender, religion and disabilities and no government worker should be given
preference because everybody deserves justice.
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The #DelhiHighCourt has in a recent case of M/s AR Airways Pvt Ltd vs Union of India and Others passed a Judgment dated 15-02-2021 and discussed the #Principles of #NaturalJustice to be applied before cancellation of #AirOperatorPermits.
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The #SupremeCourt has in a recent case of Chintels India Ltd vs Bhayana Builders Pvt Ltd passed a Judgment dated 11-02-2021 on whether an #order refusing to #condone the #delay in filing an #Application under Section 34 of the #Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (the Act) is an #appealable order under Section 37 (1) (c) of the Act?
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A person is accountable for abetment to suicide when any of the following conditions are fulfilled: · He/She instigates someone to commit suicide.· read more
A person is accountable for abetment to suicide when any of the following conditions are fulfilled:
·
He/She instigates someone to
commit suicide.
·
He/She takes part in a
conspiracy to make a person commit suicide.
· He/She helps the victim deliberately so he can commit suicide by doing an act or not doing something that he was bound to do.
Section 108 of the IPC defines the abettor. A person abets an offence, who abets either the commission of a crime or the commission of such an act, which would have been an offence if committed by a person capable by law of committing an offence with the same purpose or information as that of the abettor.
In accordance to Section 306 of Indian Penal Code-If any individual commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, he/she shall be punished with the sentence of either for a term, which may extend for a period of ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 306 states that “If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide shall be punished with imprisonment of either imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”
Abetment of suicide is an offence tried in a Sessions court and is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable in nature.
Cognizable offence: A police officer can make an arrest without a warrant from a court.
Non-bailable offence: Bail is granted to the accused at the discretion of the court, and not as a matter of right.
Non-compoundable offence: The case cannot be withdrawn by the complainant even when the complainant and the accused have reached a compromise. The court will not allow withdrawal of a case involving a non-compoundable offence.
How did section 306 come into force
Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was added in order to prevent sati. In those days the tradition of sati was widespread in India. The suffering of the widows used to lead them to commit Sati. In order to eliminate this iniquity, this provision was added consequently. It was established that wife had committed suicide consequent to ill-treatment meted out to her by mother-in-law, sister-in-law and husband. It was held that these persons were liable to be convicted under sections 306 for abetting her to commit suicide. Due to not bringing sufficient dowry, the accused was ill-treating the deceased. The evidence on record made out case of persistent and unabated harassment and cruelty. This compelled the deceased to commit suicide by consuming a poisonous substance. The accused’s husband was held guilty under sections 306 and 498-A.
Before the offence under section 306 can be proved, the presence of mens rea is of utmost importance.
To hold a person guilty of abetment to commit suicide under the said provision, there has to be a clear mens rea on his part to instigate another to commit suicide. There should be objective to aggravate, incite or persuade the doing of the act by the other individual. The suicide must necessarily have been committed, also, a person may abet suicide by words or conduct, or both. A person is said to have instigated another to commit suicide when he, by his acts or omissions or a continued course of conduct, created such circumstances that the other was left with no other alternative but to commit suicide. Words that a person speaks in a fit of anger or emotion without any intention of making anyone commit suicide, does not amount to abetment. Some active role in the commission of suicide by the accused needs to be proved to hold him responsible for abetting it. Without action on the part of the accused person to instigate or aid the deceased person committing suicide, the conviction is not sustainable.
Abetment is a procedure in which there is a mental progression of instigating an individual or intentionally aiding a person in doing a particular act. The purpose of the legislature and the proportion of the cases decided by the Supreme Court is obvious that in order to charge a personunder section 306 Indian Penal Code, 1860 there has to be a lucid mens rea to commit the offence. It also requires a dynamic act or direct act, which led the deceased to commit suicide seeing no alternative and that act must have been intended to put the deceased into such a point that he had to commit suicide.
In the landmark judgement of M. Mohan v State, the Apex Court held that there should be a close link between the act of the accused and the act of committing suicide. If the link is not present, it cannot be said that the accused has instigated, or intentionally aided the commission of suicide. Meagre threats of involving the family in false and frivolous cases cannot be held to equivalent to instigation. Abetment thus essentially means some active proposition or support to the commission of the offence.
In Gurcharan Singh v. the State of Punjab, it is mentioned that the necessary ingredients of this provision are suicidal death and the abetment thereof. To encompass abetment, the meaning and involvement of the accused to aid or bring about the commission of suicide is very important. Any severance or deficiency of any of these constituents would militate against this condemnation.
As to offence of abetment to commit suicide, section 113-A of the Evidence Act, 1872 lays down that (a) if a married lady commits suicide within seven years of her marriage;
(b) if her husband or his relative had subjected her to cruelty within the meaning of the term as defined in section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, then the Court may raise the presumption of the fact that the husband or such relative of her husband abetted the suicide.
As to the presumption of abetment to commit suicide dealt with in section 113-A of the Evidence Act, 1872 it is applicable when the husband or any relative of his is guilty of cruelty to the wife, he or she is punishable under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. In short the first requisite for attracting the presumption under Section 113-A of the Evidence Act, 1872, must be proved that the wife was subjected to cruelty as defined in section 498-A Indian Penal Code, 1860.
The simple fact that if a married woman commits suicide within a phase of seven years of her marriage, the assumption under section 113-A of the Evidence Act, 1872 would notautomatically apply. The presumption under Section 113-A is discretionary, and the Court can consider the nature of cruelty to which the woman was subjected to, having regard to the meaning of the word “cruelty” in section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
In the case of Appasaheb versus the State of Maharashtra (the important issue of offences related to dowry) Appasaheb was convicted for the death of his wife, Bhimabai, after she consumed poison. A case was registered against him and his mother under IPC Sections 498A (cruelty against the woman for dowry), and 306 (abetment of suicide). Though the accused were acquitted for the offence of cruelty and abetment, the husband was convicted on the charge of dowry death. Allowing the appeal, the Supreme Court Bench quashed the conviction and said the statement of the mother of the deceased did not state that the cause for ill-treatment was a demand for money and consequent beating.
In the present case, the Supreme Court’s interpretation is at odds with the purpose of the legislation. Rather than looking at the enactment as social reform legislation, the judgment equates it with the legislation in the area of any trade, business or transaction.
Abetment of suicide, be it either instigating the victim or aiding the victim in the commission of the suicide. The accused can defeat the penal provisions dealing with such offence very easily, as the scope of the provision is limited to only three categories, which is actually a loophole. Therefore, there is an urgent requirement to amend the provisions which deals with the offence of abetment, in such a manner that the criminals are not unable to evade the legislations, mend the cases suiting their own requirements, and break away from the punishments. In addition, the laws are needed to be interpreted not strictly in a confined manner. However, according to the facts and circumstances of each case so that justice prevails. The current definition of abetment falls short. The section covers abetment by way of aid, instigation and conspiracy, but there are instances where the actions of the person do not strictly fall in these three categories but pressurize a person to commit suicide.
There are numerous cases of the oppressive and illegal conduct of recovery agents attempting to recover pending dues for the banks' benefit. In the past few years there have been many such instances, read more
There
are numerous cases of the oppressive and illegal conduct of recovery agents
attempting to recover pending dues for the banks' benefit. In the past few
years there have been many such instances, to showcase an example, an
81-year-old woman was seriously threatened by recovery agents, she got 375
threatening calls concerning her child's unpaid bank dues. After that, she
moved to the police, and a case was filed against these agents. Another
incident quoted as per media reports stated that a private
bus was halted, and 42 travellers were held hostage for three hours by recovery
agents, who needed to recover money from the travel company that owned the bus.
These cases affirm that recovery agents/offices are feared in India.
A
recovery agent seeks clients and organizations that owe instalments to banks.
Many of these recovery agents collect the banks'clientspayment dues for a
charge or a percentage of the total amount owed. These agents are generally a
third-party as they are not a part of the original contract.
The
individuals not just face humiliation before family or friends, but also face actual
dangers. There are a few situations where the clients have committed suicide or
faced serious medical conditions because of the recovery agents' threatening
conduct.
Harassment
What
is considered harassing by a lender?
If
the lender attempts to do any of the following, it could be viewed as
harassment to recover the money owed. These actions include :
·
reaching people multiple times each day, or
promptly in the first part of the day or the late evening.;
·
seeking people on social media platforms, for
example, Twitter and Facebook;
·
putting pressure on people to sell their home
or take out greater credit;
·
threatening or continuously contacting
relatives of the borrower;
·
utilizing more than one debt collector, in
turn, to pursue people for instalment;
·
using desk work or business logos that give
off an impression of being official when they're not, for instance sending
people letters that seem as though they represent court forms;
·
pressurizing people to pay all the money, or
in bigger instalments when they can't afford to;
·
attempting to humiliate people in front of the
general public;
·
telling another person aboutyour debts or
using someone else to pass on messages, for example, a neighbour or a relative.
What
isn't considered harassing by a lender?
Not
all activities that a lender conducts can be labelled asharassment. Leasers are
permitted to find a way to get back the amount customers owe them. These
include:
·
sending updates and demands for
instalment
·
calling at customer's home, as long as this
is at a sensible time
·
making a court motion.
In
a judgment (Smart Security Secret Service Agency vs State Bank of India)
the High Court of Kerala decided that solid arm strategies to recover credits
by Banks and other Financial Institutions are unlawful. Expressing that the use
of solid arm strategies was unlawful, deceptive and against the insurance of
public interest, notwithstanding being against the general approach, the High
Court guided financial organizations to adhere to the fair treatment of law in
an authorized way. Likewise, this judgment was sent to the Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to guarantee that similar occurrences would not
happen later. Although the RBI has laid numerous principles against banks
delegating these sorts of recovery agents, these agents are still appointed by
the banks.
Legal
Remedies
Legal
Remedies available to defaulter in the case of harassment by recovery agents
·
Filing a complaint at the police station: A
proper complaint should be filed against the Bank and the recovery office.
However, if the police do not file a complaint, the magistrate can be
approached.
·
An injunction suit against the bank and
recovery agents: A civil injunction suit with an ad-interim
relief can be filed in the civil court against the bank and recovery
organization. It should be possible to guarantee that bank authorities and
recovery agents don't visit a person's home to recover the dues.
·
File an objection with the Reserve Bank of
India: After getting a few public objections against banks and
seeing a few cases recorded against the harassing recovery method, the RBI prescribed
certain norms for therecovery agents in order to govern the approach towards
defaulters. In this manner, if the defaulters feel undermined, they have an
option to contact the organization and file a legal complaint.
·
Defamation suit: If
the debt recovery depends on incorrect data that prompted the deficiency of a
person's CIBIL score, they can file a defamation suit against the bank and
recovery organization.
·
Trespass objection: On
the off chance that the recovery agents of the Bank illegally invade someone's
home without approved consent, at that point a trespass complaint can be filed
against them for disregarding an individual's rights.
·
Extortion grievance:If the recovery agents forcefully recovered the
money, an extortion case can be filed against.
·
Complaint
to your Bank: Practically all banks have a complaint
department. The client can move that department and can communicate on this
matter. Generally, after recording the grievance, the client needs to wait for
30 days to tackle the matter or get an answer.
·
The banking ombudsman: On
the off chance that the Bank does not address the issue/grievance, within the
specified days, the banking ombudsman can be approached. RBI selects such
individual as a senior authority who redresses the grievances by clients. The
ombudsman should give a lawfully binding decision to call for settlement
between the Bank and the client. The complaints identified with credit cards
are filed with the ombudsman whose territorial jurisdiction the client's
billing address is found.
Legal
remedies accessible to Banks and NBFCs for credit recovery
·
When a bank or financial institution needs to
recover any individual's debts; it uses Original Application (OA) to the Debt
Recovery Tribunal against such individual.
·
The secured lenders reserve a right to
implement Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement
of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI ACT,2002). It allows banks or other
financial institutions to auction private or business properties to recover
credits. The provision of the SARFAESI Act, s applicable if the amount of the NPA
loan amount surpasses INR One Lakhs and NPA credit account is more than 20% of
the principal and interest.
·
Credit taken from the Bank is under an
agreement between the Bank and the borrower; hence, the general laws like Law
of Contract, Transfer of Property Act, Specific Relief Act, Specific
Performance and so on, apply to all banking transactions relying on the nature
of the transaction.
·
In India, the remedy accessible to
moneylenders is to file an ordinary money suit for recovery against the
defaulting borrower for the pending amounts.
Legal
remedies accessible to corporates for advance recovery
·
If the borrower neglects to repay, the
company can make legal moves against the borrowers. A summary suit can be
instituted under Order 37 of Civil Procedure Court (CPC) in a competent court
lying under the jurisdiction.
·
Likewise, the general laws like the Law of
Contract, Transfer of Property Act, Specific Relief Act, Specific Performance
and so forth, apply to all corporate transactions relying on the idea of the
transaction.
·
As an external court settlement, the matter
can likewise be settled through Arbitration, under the Arbitration and
Conciliation Act, 1996.
Court Precedent
ICICI
Bank vs Shanti Devi Sharma &Ors, 2008: In this landmark judgment,
the Supreme Court emphasized its stand that banks can't send musclemen to
recover advances from defaulters, subsequently compelling them to take their
lives. A Bench consisting of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Dalveer Bhandari
stated that they considered it proper to remind the banks and other financial
organizations that we live in a socialized country and are administered by the
standard of law. While rejecting the ICICI Bank's plea, the court refused to
delete the Delhi High Court's comments that considered the Bank and its
musclemen liable for abetting a person to commit suicide by threatening him.
As
indicated by the court, Reserve Bank's complaints concerning infringement of
the above rules and adoption of oppressive practices followed by banks'
recovery agents would be seen genuinely. Emphasizing the RBI Guidelines on
Engagement of Recovery Agents, the court held that the Reserve Bank might
consider forcing a restriction on a bank from engaging with recovery agents in
a specific area, either jurisdictional or functional, for a limited period. If
there should be an occurrence of tenacious break of the above rules, Reserve
Bank may consider expanding the time of ban or the area of the ban.
Justice
Bhandari, writing the Bench's decision, expressed that RBI had communicated its
concern about the number of prosecutions recorded against the banks in the
recent past for engaging with recovery agents who have purportedly abused the
law. ICICI Bank had moved the Supreme Court looking for the deletion of certain
paragraphs in the High Court order which had said that the general reason for
the death of the deceased that drove him to commit suicide was because of
humiliation brought about by the Bank.
The
High Court had noticed that the modus-operandi by the banks like ICICI for the
acknowledgement of their advance money and for recovering the ownership of the
vehicle against which advances are given extra-legitimate, and in no way, they
can be allowed to utilize musclemen and hooligans for the recovery of their
loan even from a defaulting party. The High Court order had gone ahead with an
appeal filed by Shanti Devi Sharma, the deceased's mom, looking for a probe
against the ICICI bank and its staff for the unlawful activity, which prompted
the suicide of her 34-year-old child Himanshu Dev Sharma. Sharma committed
suicide in October 2005 by hanging himself at his home after he was supposedly
threatened and humiliated before his neighbours and family by recovery agents
used by the Bank to recover the advance money taken to buy his motorcycle.
Conclusion
and current norms
A
bank and corporate organizations' performance analysis can't be exclusively
founded on resources mobilized or advances made. Resource mobilization, the
arrangement of resources, and reusing resources are three primary places of
banking and corporate business tasks. In this way, recovery is similarly a
significant action. Any deferral in recovery hampers the reuse of assets, and
banks' capacity to restore the advances to financial institutions is also
hindered, because of which honest borrowers suffer. Consequently, the quick
recovery of credit for the proper working of a business is fundamental.
The
Reserve Bank of India has issuedrules under Asset Reconstruction Companies
(ARCs) to prepare recovery agents not to disturb borrowers by setting up a fair
practices code, and a complaint redressal system that will likewise be set up
for quicker resolution of genuine objections made by the borrowers, as stated
by the RBI. Additionally, RBI held that the ARCs should share the name and
number of the assigned complaint redressal official with the borrowers. The
mechanism will fundamentally review genuine complaints, which incorporates
dealing with administrations furnished by the outsourced office alongside the
recovery agents.
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Unless otherwise defined in this Documents/ Advice or Terms & Conditions which being the guiding Documents/ Advice to this Documents/ Advice, all capitalized terms have the meanings given them in the Transactions Transaction Terms and Conditions.
S-1. Your Documents/ Advice Listings and Orders
S-1.1 Documents/ Advices Information. You will, in accordance with applicable Program Policies, provide in the format we require. Documents/ Advices intended to be sold should be accurate and complete and thereafter posted through the SoOLEGAL Site and promptly update such information as necessary to ensure it at all times that such Documents/ Advices remain accurate and complete. You will also ensure that Your Materials, Your Documents/ Advices (including comments) and your offer and subsequent Transaction of any ancillary Documents/ Advice pertaining to the previous Documents/ Advices on the SoOLEGAL Site comply with all applicable Laws (including all marking and labeling requirements) and do not contain any sexually explicit, defamatory or obscene materials or any unlawful materials. You may not provide any information for, or otherwise seek to list for Transaction on the SoOLEGAL Site, any Excluded Documents/ Advices; or provide any URL Marks for use, or request that any URL Marks be used, on the SoOLEGAL Site. In any event of unlawful Documents/ Advices made available for Transaction by you on SoOLEGAL site, it is understood that liabilities limited or unlimited shall be yours exclusively to which SoOLEGAL officers, administrators, Affiliates among other authorized personnel shall not be held responsible and you shall be liable to appropriate action under applicable laws.
S-1.2 Documents/ Advices Listing; Merchandising; Order Processing. We will list Your Documents/ Advices for Transaction on the SoOLEGAL Site in the applicable Documents/ Advices categories which are supported for third party REGISTERED USERs generally on the SoOLEGAL Site on the applicable Transacting Associated Properties or any other functions, features, advertising, or programs on or in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site). SoOLEGAL reserves its right to restrict at any time in its sole discretion the access to list in any or all categories on the SoOLEGAL Site. We may use mechanisms that rate, or allow users to rate, Your Documents/ Advices and/or your performance as a REGISTERED USER on the SoOLEGAL Site and SoOLEGAL may make these ratings and feedback publicly available. We will provide Order Information to you for each of Your Transactions. Transactions Proceeds will be paid to you only in accordance with Section S-6.
S-1.3 a. It is mandatory to secure an advance amount from Client where SoOLEGAL Registered Consultant will raise an invoice asking for a 25% advance payment for the work that is committed to be performed for the Client of such SoOLEGAL Registered Consultant. The amount will be refunded to the client if the work is not done and uploaded to SoOLEGAL Repository within the stipulated timeline stated by SoOLEGAL Registered Consultant.
b. SoOLEGAL Consultant will be informed immediately on receipt of advance payment from Client which will be held by SoOLegal and will not be released to either Party and an email requesting the Registered Consultant will be sent to initiate the assignment.
c. The Registered Consultant will be asked on the timeline for completion of the assignment which will be intimated to Client.
d. Once the work is completed by the consultant the document/ advice note will be in SoOLEGAL repository and once Client makes rest of the payment, the full amount will be remitted to the consultant in the next payment cycle and the document access will be given to the client.
e. In the event where the Client fails to make payment of the balance amount within 30 days from the date of upload , the Registered Consultant shall receive the advance amount paid by the Client without any interest in the next time cycle after the lapse of 30 days.
S-1.4 Credit Card Fraud.
We will not bear the risk of credit card fraud (i.e. a fraudulent purchase arising from the theft and unauthorised use of a third party's credit card information) occurring in connection with Your Transactions. We may in our sole discretion withhold for investigation, refuse to process, restrict download for, stop and/or cancel any of Your Transactions. You will stop and/or cancel orders of Your Documents/ Advices if we ask you to do so. You will refund any customer (in accordance with Section S-2.2) that has been charged for an order that we stop or cancel.
S-2. Transaction and Fulfilment, Refunds and Returns
S-2.1 Transaction and Fulfilment:
Fulfilment – Fulfilment is categorised under the following heads:
1. Fulfilment by Registered User/ Consultant - In the event of Client seeking consultation, Registered User/ Consultant has to ensure the quality of the product and as per the requirement of the Client and if its not as per client, it will not be SoOLEGAL’s responsibility and it will be assumed that the Registered User/ Consultant and the Client have had correspondence before assigning the work to the Registered User/ Consultant.
2. Fulfilment by SoOLEGAL - If the Registered User/ Consultant has uploaded the Documents/ Advice in SoOLEGAL Site, SoOLEGAL Authorised personnel does not access such Documents/ Advice and privacy of the Client’s Documents/ Advice and information is confidential and will be encrypted and upon payment by Client, the Documents/ Advice is emailed by SoOLEGAL to them. Client’s information including email id will be furnished to SoOLEGAL by Registered User/ Consultant.
If Documents/ Advice is not sent to Client, SoOLEGAL will refund any amount paid to such Client’s account without interest within 60 days.
3. SoOLEGAL will charge 5% of the transaction value which is subject to change with time due to various economic and financial factors including inflation among other things, which will be as per SoOLEGAL’s discretion and will be informed to Registered Users about the same from time to time. Any tax applicable on Registered User/ Consultant is payable by such Registered User/ Consultant and not by SoOLEGAL.
4. SoOLEGAL will remit the fees (without any interest) to its Registered User/ Consultant every 15 (fifteen) days. If there is any discrepancy in such payment, it should be reported to Accounts Head of SoOLEGAL (accounts@soolegal.com) with all relevant account statement within fifteen days from receipt of that last cycle payment. Any discrepancy will be addressed in the next fifteen days cycle. If any discrepancy is not reported within 15 days of receipt of payment, such payment shall be deemed accepted and SoOLEGAL shall not entertain any such reports thereafter.
5. Any Registered User/ Consultant wishes to discontinue with this, such Registered User/ Consultant shall send email to SoOLEGAL and such account will be closed and all credits will be refunded to such Registered User/ Consultant after deducation of all taxes and applicable fees within 30 days. Other than as described in the Fulfilment by SoOLEGAL Terms & Conditions (if applicable to you), for the SoOLEGAL Site for which you register or use the Transacting on SoOLEGAL Service, you will: (a) source, fulfil and transact with your Documents/ Advices, in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable Order Information, these Transaction Terms & Conditions, and all terms provided by you and displayed on the SoOLEGAL Site at the time of the order and be solely responsible for and bear all risk for such activities; (a) not cancel any of Your Transactions except as may be permitted pursuant to your Terms & Conditions appearing on the SoOLEGAL Site at the time of the applicable order (which Terms & Conditions will be in accordance with Transaction Terms & Conditions) or as may be required Transaction Terms & Conditions per the terms laid in this Documents/ Advice; in each case as requested by us using the processes designated by us, and we may make any of this information publicly available notwithstanding any other provision of the Terms mentioned herein, ensure that you are the REGISTERED USER of all Documents/ Advices made available for listing for Transaction hereunder; identify yourself as the REGISTERED USER of the Documents/ Advices on all downloads or other information included with Your Documents/ Advices and as the Person to which a customer may return the applicable Documents/ Advices; and
S-2.2 Returns and Refunds. For all of Your Documents/ Advices that are not fulfilled using Fulfilment by SoOLEGAL, you will accept and process returns, refunds and adjustments in accordance with these Transaction Terms & Conditions and the SoOLEGAL Refund Policies published at the time of the applicable order, and we may inform customers that these policies apply to Your Documents/ Advices. You will determine and calculate the amount of all refunds and adjustments (including any taxes, shipping of any hard copy and handling or other charges) or other amounts to be paid by you to customers in connection with Your Transactions, using a functionality we enable for Your Account. This functionality may be modified or discontinued by us at any time without notice and is subject to the Program Policies and the terms of thisTransaction Terms & Conditions Documents/ Advice. You will route all such payments through SoOLEGAL We will provide any such payments to the customer (which may be in the same payment form originally used to purchase Your Documents/ Advices), and you will reimburse us for all amounts so paid. For all of Your Documents/ Advices that are fulfilled using Fulfilment by SoOLEGAL, the SoOLEGAL Refund Policies published at the time of the applicable order will apply and you will comply with them. You will promptly provide refunds and adjustments that you are obligated to provide under the applicable SoOLEGAL Refund Policies and as required by Law, and in no case later than thirty (30) calendar days following after the obligation arises. For the purposes of making payments to the customer (which may be in the same payment form originally used to purchase Your Documents/ Advices), you authorize us to make such payments or disbursements from your available balance in the Nodal Account (as defined in Section S-6). In the event your balance in the Nodal Account is insufficient to process the refund request, we will process such amounts due to the customer on your behalf, and you will reimburse us for all such amount so paid.
S-5. Compensation
You will pay us: (a) the applicable Referral Fee; (b) any applicable Closing Fees; and (c) if applicable, the non-refundable Transacting on SoOLEGAL Subscription Fee in advance for each month (or for each transaction, if applicable) during the Term of this Transaction Terms & Conditions. "Transacting on SoOLEGAL Subscription Fee" means the fee specified as such on the Transacting on SoOLEGALSoOLEGAL Fee Schedule for the SoOLEGAL Site at the time such fee is payable. With respect to each of Your Transactions: (x) "Transactions Proceeds" has the meaning set out in the Transaction Terms & Conditions; (y) "Closing Fees" means the applicable fee, if any, as specified in the Transacting on SoOLEGAL Fee Schedule for the SoOLEGAL Site; and (z) "Referral Fee" means the applicable percentage of the Transactions Proceeds from Your Transaction through the SoOLEGAL Site specified on the Transacting on SoOLEGAL Fee Schedule for the SoOLEGAL Site at the time of Your Transaction, based on the categorization by SoOLEGAL of the type of Documents/ Advices that is the subject of Your Transaction; provided, however, that Transactions Proceeds will not include any shipping charge set by us in the case of Your Transactions that consist solely of SoOLEGAL-Fulfilled Documents/ Advices. Except as provided otherwise, all monetary amounts contemplated in these Service Terms will be expressed and provided in the Local Currency, and all payments contemplated by this Transaction Terms & Conditions will be made in the Local Currency.
All taxes or surcharges imposed on fees payable by you to SoOLEGAL will be your responsibility.
S-6 Transactions Proceeds & Refunds.
S-6.1.Nodal Account. Remittances to you for Your Transactions will be made through a nodal account (the "Nodal Account") in accordance with the directions issued by Reserve Bank of India for the opening and operation of accounts and settlement of payments for electronic payment transactions involving intermediaries vide its notification RBI/2009-10/231 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1102 / 02.14.08/ 2009-10 dated November 24, 2009. You hereby agree and authorize us to collect payments on your behalf from customers for any Transactions. You authorize and permit us to collect and disclose any information (which may include personal or sensitive information such as Your Bank Account information) made available to us in connection with the Transaction Terms & Conditions mentioned hereunder to a bank, auditor, processing agency, or third party contracted by us in connection with this Transaction Terms & Conditions.
Subject to and without limiting any of the rights described in Section 2 of the General Terms, we may hold back a portion or your Transaction Proceeds as a separate reserve ("Reserve"). The Reserve will be in an amount as determined by us and the Reserve will be used only for the purpose of settling the future claims of customers in the event of non-fulfillment of delivery to the customers of your Documents/ Advices keeping in mind the period for refunds and chargebacks.
S-6.2. Except as otherwise stated in this Transaction Terms & Conditions Documents/ Advice (including without limitation Section 2 of the General Terms), you authorize us and we will remit the Settlement Amount to Your Bank Account on the Payment Date in respect of an Eligible Transaction. When you either initially provide or later change Your Bank Account information, the Payment Date will be deferred for a period of up to 14 calendar days. You will not have the ability to initiate or cause payments to be made to you. If you refund money to a customer in connection with one of Your Transactions in accordance with Section S-2.2, on the next available Designated Day for SoOLEGAL Site, we will credit you with the amount to us attributable to the amount of the customer refund, less the Refund Administration Fee for each refund, which amount we may retain as an administrative fee.
"Eligible Transaction" means Your Transaction against which the actual shipment date has been confirmed by you.
"Designated Day" means any particular Day of the week designated by SoOLEGAL on a weekly basis, in its sole discretion, for making remittances to you.
"Payment Date" means the Designated Day falling immediately after 14 calendar days (or less in our sole discretion) of the Eligible Transaction.
"Settlement Amount" means Invoices raised through SoOLEGAL Platform (which you will accept as payment in full for the Transaction and shipping and handling of Your Documents/ Advices), less: (a) the Referral Fees due for such sums; (b) any Transacting on SoOLEGAL Subscription Fees due; (c) taxes required to be charged by us on our fees; (d) any refunds due to customers in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site; (e) Reserves, as may be applicable, as per this Transaction Terms & Conditions; (f) Closing Fees, if applicable; and (g) any other applicable fee prescribed under the Program Policies. SoOLEGAL shall not be responsible for
S-6.3. In the event that we elect not to recover from you a customer's chargeback, failed payment, or other payment reversal (a "Payment Failure"), you irrevocably assign to us all your rights, title and interest in and associated with that Payment Failure.
S-7. Control of Site
Notwithstanding any provision of this Transaction Terms & Conditions, we will have the right in our sole discretion to determine the content, appearance, design, functionality and all other aspects of the SoOLEGAL Site and the Transacting on SoOLEGAL Service (including the right to re-design, modify, remove and alter the content, appearance, design, functionality, and other aspects of, and prevent or restrict access to any of the SoOLEGAL Site and the Transacting on SoOLEGAL Service and any element, aspect, portion or feature thereof (including any listings), from time to time) and to delay or suspend listing of, or to refuse to list, or to de-list, or require you not to list any or all Documents/ Advices on the SoOLEGAL Site in our sole discretion.
S-8. Effect of Termination
Upon termination of this Contract, the Transaction Terms & Conditions automatiocally stands terminated and in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site, all rights and obligations of the parties under these Service Terms with regard to the SoOLEGAL Site will be extinguished, except that the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to Your Transactions occurring during the Term will survive the termination or expiration of the Term.
"SoOLEGAL Refund Policies" means the return and refund policies published on the SoOLEGAL Site.
"Required Documents/ Advices Information" means, with respect to each of Your Documents/ Advices in connection with the SoOLEGAL Site, the following (except to the extent expressly not required under the applicable Policies) categorization within each SoOLEGAL Documents/ Advices category and browse structure as prescribed by SoOLEGAL from time to time, Purchase Price; Documents/ Advice Usage, any text, disclaimers, warnings, notices, labels or other content required by applicable Law to be displayed in connection with the offer, merchandising, advertising or Transaction of Your Documents/ Advices, requirements, fees or other terms and conditions applicable to such Documents/ Advices that a customer should be aware of prior to purchasing the Documents/ Advices;
"Transacting on SoOLEGAL Launch Date" means the date on which we first list one of Your Documents/ Advices for Transaction on the SoOLEGAL Site.
"URL Marks" means any Trademark, or any other logo, name, phrase, identifier or character string, that contains or incorporates any top level domain (e.g., .com, co.in, co.uk, .in, .de, .es, .edu, .fr, .jp) or any variation thereof (e.g., dot com, dotcom, net, or com).
"Your Transaction" is defined in the Transaction Terms & Conditions; however, as used in Terms & Conditions, it shall mean any and all such transactions whereby you conduct Transacting of Documents/ Advices or advice sought from you by clients/ customers in writing or by any other mode which is in coherence with SoOLEGAL policy on SoOLEGAL site only.
Taxes on Fees Payable to SoOLEGAL. In regard to these Service Terms you can provide a PAN registration number or any other Registration/ Enrolment number that reflects your Professional capacity by virtue of various enactments in place. If you are PAN registered, or any professional Firm but not PAN registered, you give the following warranties and representations:
(a) all services provided by SoOLEGAL to you are being received by your establishment under your designated PAN registration number; and
SoOLEGAL reserves the right to request additional information and to confirm the validity of any your account information (including without limitation your PAN registration number) from you or government authorities and agencies as permitted by Law and you hereby irrevocably authorize SoOLEGAL to request and obtain such information from such government authorities and agencies. Further, you agree to provide any such information to SoOLEGAL upon request. SoOLEGAL reserves the right to charge you any applicable unbilled PAN if you provide a PAN registration number, or evidence of being in a Professional Firm, that is determined to be invalid. PAN registered REGISTERED USERs and REGISTERED USERs who provide evidence of being in Law Firm agree to accept electronic PAN invoices in a format and method of delivery as determined by SoOLEGAL.
All payments by SoOLEGAL to you shall be made subject to any applicable withholding taxes under the applicable Law. SoOLEGAL will retain, in addition to its net Fees, an amount equal to the legally applicable withholding taxes at the applicable rate. You are responsible for deducting and depositing the legally applicable taxes and deliver to SoOLEGAL sufficient Documents/ Advice evidencing the deposit of tax. Upon receipt of the evidence of deduction of tax, SoOLEGAL will remit the amount evidenced in the certificate to you. Upon your failure to duly deposit these taxes and providing evidence to that effect within 5 days from the end of the relevant month, SoOLEGAL shall have the right to utilize the retained amount for discharging its tax liability.
Where you have deposited the taxes, you will issue an appropriate tax withholding certificate for such amount to SoOLEGAL and SoOLEGAL shall provide necessary support and Documents/ Adviceation as may be required by you for discharging your obligations.
SoOLEGAL has the option to obtain an order for lower or NIL withholding tax from the Indian Revenue authorities. In case SoOLEGAL successfully procures such an order, it will communicate the same to you. In that case, the amounts retained, shall be in accordance with the directions contained in the order as in force at the point in time when tax is required to be deducted at source.
Any taxes applicable in addition to the fee payable to SoOLEGAL shall be added to the invoiced amount as per applicable Law at the invoicing date which shall be paid by you.F.11. Indemnity
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Category and Documents/ Advice RestrictionsCertain Documents/ Advices cannot be listed or sold on SoOLEGAL site as a matter of compliance with legal or regulatory restrictions (for example, prescription drugs) or in accordance with SoOLEGAL policy (for example, crime scene photos). SoOLEGAL's policies also prohibit specific types of Documents/ Advice content. For guidelines on prohibited content and copyright violations, see our Prohibited Content list. For some Documents/ Advice categories, REGISTERED USERS may not create Documents/ Advice listings without prior approval from SoOLEGAL. |
In addition to your obligations under Section 6 of the Transaction Terms & Conditions, you also agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our Affiliates and their and our respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents against any Claim that arises out of or relates to: (a) the Units (whether or not title has transferred to us, and including any Unit that we identify as yours pursuant to Section F-4 regardless of whether such Unit is the actual item you originally sent to us), including any personal injury, death or property damage; and b) any of Your Taxes or the collection, payment or failure to collect or pay Your Taxes.
Registered Users must at all times adhere to the following rules for the Documents/ Advices they intend to put on Transaction:
The "Add a Documents/ Advice" feature allows REGISTERED USERS to create Documents/ Advice details pages for Documents/ Advices.
The following rules and restrictions apply to REGISTERED USERS who use the SoOLEGAL.in "Add a Documents/ Advice" feature.
Using this feature for any purpose other than creating Documents/ Advice details pages is prohibited.
Any Documents/ Advice already in the SoOLEGAL.in catalogue which is not novel and/ or unique or has already been provided by any other Registered User which may give rise to Intellectual Property infringement of any other Registered User is prohibited.
Detail pages may not feature or contain Prohibited Content or .
The inclusion of any of the following information in detail page titles, descriptions, bullet points, or images is prohibited:
Information which is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, pornographic, obscene or offensive content or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever.
Availability, price, condition, alternative ordering information (such as links to other websites for placing orders).
Reviews, quotes or testimonials.
Solicitations for positive customer reviews.
Advertisements, promotional material, or watermarks on images, photos or videos.
Time-sensitive information
Information which belongs to another person and to which the REGISTERED USER does not have any right to.
Information which infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights.
Information which deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature.
Information which 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 cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
Information containing software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource.
Information violating any law for the time being in force.
All Documents/ Advices should be appropriately and accurately classified to the most specific location available. Incorrectly classifying Documents/ Advices is prohibited.
Documents/ Advice titles, Documents/ Advice descriptions, and bullets must be clearly written and should assist the customer in understanding the Documents/ Advice. .
All Documents/ Advice images must meet SoOLEGAL general standards as well as any applicable category-specific image guidelines.
Using bad data (HTML, special characters */? etc.) in titles, descriptions, bullets and for any other attribute is prohibited.
Do not include HTML, DHTML, Java, scripts or other types of executables in your detail pages.
Prohibited REGISTERED USER Activities and Actions
SoOLEGAL.com REGISTERED USER Rules are established to maintain a transacting platform that is safe for buyers and fair for REGISTERED USERS. Failure to comply with the terms of the REGISTERED USER Rules can result in cancellation of listings, suspension from use of SoOLEGAL.in tools and reports, or the removal of transacting privileges.
Attempts to divert transactions or buyers: Any attempt to circumvent the established SoOLEGAL Transactions process or to divert SoOLEGAL users to another website or Transactions process is prohibited. Specifically, any advertisements, marketing messages (special offers) or "calls to action" that lead, prompt, or encourage SoOLEGALusers to leave the SoOLEGAL website are prohibited. Prohibited activities include the following:
The use of e-mail intended to divert customers away from the SoOLEGAL.com Transactions process.
Unauthorised & improper "Names": A REGISTERED USER's Name (identifying the REGISTERED USER's entity on SoOLEGAL.com) must be a name that: accurately identifies the REGISTERED USER; is not misleading: and the REGISTERED USER has the right to use (that is, the name cannot include the trademark of, or otherwise infringe on, any trademark or other intellectual property right of any person). Furthermore, a REGISTERED USER cannot use a name that contains an e-mail suffix such as .com, .net, .biz, and so on.
Unauthorised & improper invoicing: REGISTERED USERS must ensure that the tax invoice is raised in the name of the end customer who has placed an order with them through SoOLEGAL Payment Systems platform . The tax invoice should not mention SoOLEGAL as either a REGISTERED USER or a customer/buyer. Please note that all Documents/ Advices listed on SoOLEGAL.com are sold by the respective REGISTERED USERS to the end customers and SoOLEGAL is neither a buyer nor a REGISTERED USER in the transaction. REGISTERED USERS need to include the PAN/ Service Tax registration number in the invoice.
Inappropriate e-mail communications: All REGISTERED USER e-mail communications with buyers must be courteous, relevant and appropriate. Unsolicited e-mail communications with SoOLEGAL , e-mail communications other than as necessary and related customer service, and e-mails containing marketing communications of any kind (including within otherwise permitted communications) are prohibited.
Operating multiple REGISTERED USER accounts: Operating and maintaining multiple REGISTERED USER accounts is prohibited.
In your request, please provide an explanation of the legitimate business need for a second account.
Misuse of Search and Browse: When customers use SoOLEGAL's search engine and browse structure, they expect to find relevant and accurate results. To protect the customer experience, all Documents/ Advice-related information, including keywords and search terms, must comply with the guidelines provided under . Any attempt to manipulate the search and browse experience is prohibited.
Misuse
of the ratings, feedback or Documents/ Advice reviews: REGISTERED
USERS cannot submit abusive or inappropriate feedback entries,
coerce or threaten buyers into submitting feedback, submit
transaction feedback regarding them, or include personal information
about a transaction partner within a feedback entry. Furthermore,
any attempt to manipulate ratings of any REGISTERED USER is
prohibited. Any attempt to manipulate ratings, feedback, or
Documents/ Advice reviews is prohibited.
Reviews: Reviews
are important to the SoOLEGAL Platform, providing a forum for
feedback about Documents/ Advice and service details and reviewers'
experiences with Documents/ Advices and services –
positive
or negative. You may not write reviews for Documents/ Advices or
services that you have a financial interest in, including reviews
for Documents/ Advices or services that you or your competitors deal
with. Additionally, you may not provide compensation for a review
(including free or discounted Documents/ Advices). Review
solicitations that ask for only positive reviews or that offer
compensation are prohibited. You may not ask buyers to modify or
remove reviews.
Prohibited Content
REGISTERED USERS are expected to conduct proper research to ensure that the items posted to our website are in compliance with all applicable laws. If we determine that the content of a Documents/ Advice detail page or listing is prohibited, potentially illegal, or inappropriate, we may remove or alter it without prior notice. SoOLEGAL reserves the right to make judgments about whether or not content is appropriate.
The
following list of prohibited Documents/ Advices comprises two
sections: Prohibited Content and Intellectual Property
Violations.
Listing
prohibited content may result in the cancellation of your listings,
or the suspension or removal of your transacting privileges.
REGISTERED USERS are responsible for ensuring that the Documents/
Advices they offer are legal and authorised for Transaction or
re-Transaction.
If
we determine that the content of a Documents/ Advice detail page or
listing is prohibited, potentially illegal, or inappropriate, we may
remove or alter it without prior notice. SoOLEGAL reserves the right
to make judgments about whether or not content is appropriate.
Illegal and potentially illegal Documents/ Advices: Documents/ Advices sold on SoOLEGAL.in must adhere to all applicable laws. As REGISTERED USERS are legally liable for their actions and transactions, they must know the legal parameters surrounding any Documents/ Advice they display on our website.
Offensive material: SoOLEGAL reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of listings posted to our website.
Nudity: In general, images that portray nudity in a gratuitous or graphic manner are prohibited.
Items that infringe upon an individual's privacy. SoOLEGAL holds personal privacy in the highest regard. Therefore, items that infringe upon, or have potential to infringe upon, an individual's privacy are prohibited.
Intellectual Property Violations
Counterfeit merchandise: Documents/ Advices displayed on our website must be authentic. Any Documents/ Advice that has been illegally replicated, reproduced or manufactured is prohibited.
Books - Unauthorised copies of books are prohibited.
Movies - Unauthorised copies of movies in any format are prohibited. Unreleased/prereleased movies, screeners, trailers, unpublished and unauthorized film scripts (no ISBN number), electronic press kits, and unauthorised props are also prohibited.
Photos - Unauthorised copies of photos are prohibited.
Television Programs - Unauthorised copies of television Programs (including pay-per-view events), Programs never broadcast, unauthorised scripts, unauthorised props, and screeners are prohibited.
Transferred media. Media transferred from one format to another is prohibited. This includes but is not limited to: films converted from NTSC to Pal and Pal to NTSC, laserdisc to video, television to video, CD-ROM to cassette tape, from the Internet to any digital format, etc.
Promotional media: Promotional versions of media Documents/ Advices, including books (advance reading copies and uncorrected proofs), music, and videos (screeners) are prohibited. These Documents/ Advices are distributed for promotional consideration and generally are not authorized for Transaction.
Rights of Publicity: Celebrity images and/or the use of celebrity names cannot be used for commercial purposes without permission of a celebrity or their management. This includes Documents/ Advice endorsements and use of a celebrity's likeness on merchandise such as posters, mouse pads, clocks, image collections in digital format, and so on.
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