Terms of Use

The domain name www.shopmahalekshmisilks.com (hereinafter referred to as "Website") is owned by Mahalekshmi Silks, with its registered office at Muthoor, Thiruvalla, Kerala. Your use of the Website and services and tools are governed by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") as applicable to the website including the applicable policies, which are incorporated herein by way of reference. If you transact via website, you will be subject to the policies that are applicable to the website for such transaction. By mere use of the website, you are contracting with Mahalekshmi and these terms and conditions including the policies constitute your binding obligations, with Mahalekshmi.

For the purpose of these Terms of Use, wherever the context so requires "You" or "User" mean any natural or legal person who has agreed to become a buyer on the website by providing registration data while registering on the website as registered user. The terms we, us and our mean Mahalekshmi.

When you use any of the services provided by us through the website, including but not limited to, (e.g. Product Reviews), you will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms and conditions applicable to such service, and they shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Terms of Use and shall be considered as part and parcel of this Terms of Use. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time without any prior written notice to you. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for updates/changes. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the revisions. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the website.

ACCESSING, BROWSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, SO PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING. By impliedly or expressly accepting these Terms of Use, you also accept and agree to be bound by our policies (including but not limited to Privacy Policy) as amended from time to time.

Registration Eligibility

Use of the Website is available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under Indian Contract Act, 1872. Persons who are "incompetent to contract" within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including minors, un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use the website. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years, you shall not register as a user and shall not transact on or use the website. As a minor if you wish to use or transact on website, such use or transaction may be made by your legal guardian or parents. We reserve the right to terminate your membership and/or refuse to provide you with access to the Website if it is brought to our notice or if it is discovered that you are under the age of 18 years.

Your Account and Registration Obligations

If you use the website, you shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your display name and password and you shall be responsible for all activities that occur under your display name and password. You agree that if you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or not in accordance with the this Terms of Use, we shall have the right to indefinitely suspend, terminate or block access your membership on the website and refuse to provide you with access to the website.

Communications and Newsletters

When you use the website or send emails or other data, information or communication to us, you agree and understand that you are communicating with us through electronic records and you consent to receive communications via electronic records from us periodically and as and when required. We may communicate with you by email or by such other mode of communication, electronic or otherwise.

Charges

Registration on the website is free for buyers. Mahalekshmi does not charge any fee for browsing and buying on the website. We reserve the right to change its fee policy from time to time. In particular, Mahalekshmi may at its sole discretion introduce new services and modify some or all of the existing services offered on the website. In such an event Mahalekshmi reserves the right to introduce fees for the new services offered or amend/introduce fees for existing services, as the case may be. Changes to the Fee Policy shall be posted on the website and such changes shall automatically become effective immediately after they are posted on the website. Unless otherwise stated, all fees shall be quoted in Indian Rupees. You shall be solely responsible for compliance of all applicable laws including those in India for making payments to Mahalekshmi.

Use of the Website

You agree, undertake and confirm that your use of website shall be strictly governed by the following binding principles: You 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 website or any content, or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the website or any content, to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made available through the website. We reserve our right to bar any such activity. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the website, or any other systems or networks connected to the website or to any server, computer, network, or to any of the services offered on or through the website, by hacking, password "mining" or any other illegitimate means.

You shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the website or any network connected to the website nor breach the security or authentication measures on the website or any network connected to the website. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to website, or any other customer, including any account on the website not owned by you, to its source, or exploit the website or any service or information made available or offered by or through the website, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than your own information, as provided for by the website.

You shall not make any negative, denigrating or defamatory statement(s) or comment(s) about us or the brand name or domain name used by us including the terms Mahalekshmi, Mahalekshmi Silks, www.mahalekshmisilks.com, or otherwise engage in any conduct or action that might tarnish the image or reputation, of Mahalekshmi or otherwise tarnish or dilute any Mahalekshmi’s trade or service marks, trade name and/or goodwill associated with such trade or service marks, trade name as may be owned or used by us. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of the website or Mahalekshmi’s systems or networks, or any systems or networks connected to Mahalekshmi.

You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the website or any transaction being conducted on the website, or with any other person's use of the website. You may not forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any message or transmittal you send to us on or through the website or any service offered on or through the website. You may not pretend that you are, or that you represent, someone else, or impersonate any other individual or entity.

You may not use the website or any content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of Mahalekshmi and / or others.

You shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and as amended from time to time and also all applicable Domestic laws, rules and regulations (including the provisions of any applicable Exchange Control Laws or Regulations in Force) and International Laws, Foreign Exchange Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations (including, but not limited to Sales Tax/VAT, Income Tax, Octroi, Service Tax, Central Excise, Custom Duty, Local Levies) regarding your use of our service and your listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of products or services. You shall not engage in any transaction in an item or service, which is prohibited by the provisions of any applicable law including exchange control laws or regulations for the time being in force.

It is possible that other user (including unauthorized users or "hackers") may post or transmit offensive or obscene materials on the website and that you may be involuntarily exposed to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information about you due to your use of the website, and that the recipient may use such information to harass or injure you. We do not approve of such unauthorized uses, but by using the website you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the use of any personal information that you publicly disclose or share with others on the website. Please carefully select the type of information that you publicly disclose or share with others on the website.

We have all the rights to take necessary action and claim damages that may occur due to your involvement/participation in any way on your own or through group/s of people, intentionally or unintentionally in DoS/DDoS (Distributed Denial of Services).

Payment

Mahalekshmi does not collect any data whatsoever during payment and for this purpose we have associated with "HDFC" which is authorized by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) where the page would be directed at the time of payment.

While availing any of the payment method/s available on the HDFC payment gateway, we will not be responsible or assume any liability, whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly to you due to:

Lack of authorization for any transaction/s,

or

Exceeding the preset limit mutually agreed by you and between " Your Bank/s",

or

Any payment issues arising out of the transaction, or decline of transaction for any other reason/s

Indemnity

You shall indemnify and hold harmless Mahalekshmi, its owner, licensee, affiliates, subsidiaries (as applicable) and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any claim or demand, or actions including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party or penalty imposed due to or arising out of your breach of this Terms of Use, privacy policy and other policies, or your violation of any law, rules or regulations or the rights (including infringement of intellectual property rights) of a third party.

Applicable Law

Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The place of jurisdiction shall be exclusively in Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.

Trademark, Copyright and Restriction

This site is controlled and operated by Mahalekshmi and products are sold by us. All material on this site, including images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips, are protected by copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights. Any violation of our trademarks will be liable for legal action.

Trademark complaint

Mahalekshmi respects the intellectual property of others. In case you feel that your trademark has been infringed, you can write to support@mahalekshmisilks.com.

Product Description

We do not warrant that product description or other content of this website is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free and assumes no liability in this regard.

While every endeavour has been made to accurately reproduce colors, there may be minor variations in color of the actual product because of the nature of fabric dyes and differences in display output due to lighting and digital photography. A customer must place an order keeping in mind this minor variation in color as seen on a computer screen against the actual color of the outfit received.

Limitation of Liability

In no event shall Mahalekshmi be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind in connection with these terms of use, even if user has been informed in advance of the possibility of such damages.

Profanity Policy

Mahalekshmi prohibits the use of language that is racist, hateful, sexual or obscene in nature in a public area. Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Limits placed on account privileges;

Account suspension.