Terms of Use

At Gaatakatha, we try our best to create a space where you can explore and shop for all your favourite things in a safe and secure environment. So, we've created our terms of service keeping you in mind...no matter where in the world you may be.

In using the service of Gaatakatha you are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions listed below-

All products/services and information displayed on Gaatakatha constitute an "invitation to offer". Your order for purchase constitutes your "offer" which shall be subject to the terms and conditions as listed below. We reserve the right to accept or reject your offer. If you have supplied us with your valid email address, we will notify you by email as soon as possible to confirm receipt of your order and email you again to confirm details and therefore process the order. Our acceptance of your order will take place upon dispatch of the product(s) ordered. No act or omission of Gaatakatha prior to the actual dispatch of the product(s) ordered will constitute acceptance of your offer.

Eligibility for Membership

Use of the Site is available only to persons who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Persons who are "incompetent to contract" within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use the Site. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years but at least 13 years of age, you may use this Site only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. If your age is below that of 18 years your parents or legal guardians can transact on behalf of you if they are registered users. You are prohibited from purchasing any material which is for adult consumption, the sale or purchase of which to/by minors are strictly prohibited.

Gaatakatha reserves the right to terminate your membership and refuse to provide you with access to the Site if Gaatakatha discovers that you are under the age of 18 years. The Site is not available to persons whose membership has been suspended or terminated by Gaatakatha for any reason whatsoever. If you are registering as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to this User Agreement.

Except where additional terms and conditions are provided which are product specific, these terms and conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings, or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance with any other terms of any order submitted. By using the services of Gaatakatha you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Account and Registration Obligations

"Your Information" is defined as any information you provide to us in the registration, buying or listing process, in the feedback area or through any email feature. We will protect Your Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. If you use the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Your Account and Password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under Your Account or Password. Gaatakatha shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise as a result of any failure by you to protect your password or account. If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password, you should notify us by contacting us immediately through the address provided below. If Gaatakatha has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the Gaatakatha Site, we may require you to change your password or we may suspend your account without any liability to Gaatakatha.

You also agree to:

• Provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself in Gaatakatha’s registration form (such information being the "Registration Data")
• Maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current or if Gaatakatha has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or not in accordance with the User Agreement, Gaatakatha has the right to indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide you with access to the Site.

Credit Card Details

You agree, understand and confirm that the credit card details provided by you for availing of services on Gaatakatha will be correct and accurate and you shall not use the credit card which is not lawfully owned by you, i.e. in a credit card transaction, you must use your own credit card. You further agree and undertake to provide the correct and valid credit card details when making payment on Gaatakatha. Your credit card information never reaches Gaatakatha, we just get pass, hold or fail message from our payment gateways. The said information will not be utilized and shared by our payment gateways or Gaatakatha with any of the third parties unless required for fraud verifications or by law, regulation or court order. Gaatakatha will not be liable for any credit card fraud. The liability for use of a card fraudulently will be on you and the onus to 'prove otherwise' shall be exclusively on you.

Fraudulent /Declined Transactions

Gaatakatha reserves the right to recover the cost of goods, collection charges and lawyers fees from persons using the Site fraudulently Gaatakatha reserves the right to initiate legal proceedings against such persons for fraudulent use of the Site and any other unlawful acts or acts or omissions in breach of these terms and conditions.

We as a merchant shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of the decline of authorization for any Transaction, on Account of the Cardholder having exceeded the preset limit mutually agreed by us with our acquiring bank from time to time.

Electronic Communications

When you visit the Site or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Conditions for Customer Support Chat

• Gaatakatha may suspend Gaatakatha live support service at any time without notice.
• Gaatakatha or its executives are not responsible for any delay caused in attending to or replying to the queries via chat.
• Any communication through chat may be stored by Gaatakatha for Gaatakatha reference; customer would not have the right to access this information at a later date.
• While chatting you may not put on any objectionable information i.e. unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene information.
• The chat room will not be used for selling of any products or advising on business opportunity or any other form of solicitation.
• You may proceed further, and chat with our online customer care executive only if you agree to the above terms and conditions.

You Agree and Confirm

• That in the event that a non-delivery occurs on account of a mistake by you (i.e. wrong name or address or any other wrong information) any extra cost incurred by Gaatakatha for redelivery shall be claimed from you.
• That you will use the services provided by Gaatakatha, its affiliates and contracted companies, for lawful purposes only and comply with all applicable laws and regulations while using the Site and transacting on the Site.
• You will provide authentic and true information in all instances where such information is requested of you. Gaatakatha reserves the right to confirm and validate the information and other details provided by you at any point of time. If upon confirmation your details are found not to be true (wholly or partly), Gaatakatha has the right in its sole discretion to reject the registration and debar you from using the Services of Gaatakatha and / or other affiliated websites without prior intimation whatsoever.
• That you are accessing the services available on this Site and transacting at your sole risk and are using your best and prudent judgment before entering into any transaction through this Site
• That the address at which delivery of the product ordered by you is to be made will be correct and proper in all respects.
• That before placing an order you will check the product description carefully. By placing an order for a product you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale included in the item's description.

You shall at all times ensure full compliance with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules thereunder 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, GST, 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 users (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.

You may not use the Site for any of the following purposes:

• Disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material.
• Transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offense, results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice.
• Gaining unauthorized access to other computer systems.
• Interfering with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Site.
• Breaching any applicable laws;
• Interfering or disrupting networks or web sites connected to the Site.
• Making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

Without limiting other remedies, we may, in our sole discretion, limit, suspend, or terminate our services and user accounts, prohibit access to our sites, services, applications, and tools, and their content, delay or remove hosted content, and take technical and legal steps to keep users from using our sites, services, applications, or tools, if we think that they are creating problems or possible legal liabilities, infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties, or acting inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies. We also reserve the right to cancel unconfirmed accounts or accounts that have been inactive for a period of months, or to modify or discontinue Gaatakatha sites, services,

Modification of Terms & Conditions of Service

Gaatakatha may at any time modify the Terms & Conditions of Use of the site without any prior notification to you. You can access the latest version of the User Agreement at any given time on Gaatakatha. You should regularly review the Terms & Conditions on Gaatakatha. In the event the modified Terms & Conditions is not acceptable to you, you should discontinue using the service. However, if you continue to use the service you shall be deemed to have agreed to accept and abide by the modified Terms & Conditions of Use of this site.

We will not be liable for delays resulting from incomplete address listings. In such cases the customer will have to bear the reshipping charges.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This User Agreement shall be construed in accord with the applicable laws of India. The Courts at Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any proceedings arising out of this agreement.

Any dispute or difference either in interpretation or otherwise, of any terms of this User Agreement between the parties hereto, the same shall be referred to an independent arbitrator who will be appointed by Gaatakatha and his decision shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The above arbitration shall be in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended time to time. The arbitration shall be held in Delhi. The High Court of judicature at Delhi alone shall have the jurisdiction and the Laws of India shall apply.

Copyright & Trademark

Gaatakatha and its suppliers and licensors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes, technology, content and other materials, which appear on this Site. Access to this Site does not confer and shall not be considered as conferring upon anyone any license under any of Gaatakatha or any third party's intellectual property rights. All rights, including copyright, in this website are owned by or licensed to Gaatakatha or third party suppliers. Any use of this website or its contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part, other than for your own personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without the permission of Gaatakatha. You can not modify, distribute or re-post anything on this website for any purpose.

The Gaatakatha names and logos and all related product and service and Gaatakatha slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Gaatakatha. All other marks are the property of their respective companies. No trademark or service mark license is granted in connection with the materials contained on this Site. Access to this Site does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo or mark in any manner.

All materials, including images, text, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, programs, music clips or downloads, video clips and written and other materials that are part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents") are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site or any related software. All software used on this Site is the property of Gaatakatha or its suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The Contents and software on this Site may be used only as a shopping resource. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the Contents on this Site is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise noted, all Contents are copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by Gaatakatha,one of its affiliates or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Gaatakatha and are protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all Contents on this Site is the exclusive property of Gaatakatha and is also protected by Indian and international copyright laws.

Objectionable Material:

You understand that by using this Site or any services provided on the Site, you may encounter Content that may be deemed by some to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable, which Content may or may not be identified as such. You agree to use the Site and any service at your sole risk and that to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Gaatakatha and its affiliates shall have no liability to you for Content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable to you.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Gaatakatha, its employees, directors, officers, agents and their successors and assigns from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, caused by or arising out of claims based upon your actions or inactions, which may result in any loss or liability to Gaatakatha or any third party including but not limited to breach of any warranties, representations or undertakings or in relation to the non-fulfillment of any of your obligations under this User Agreement or arising out of the your violation of any applicable laws, regulations including but not limited to Intellectual Property Rights, payment of statutory dues and taxes, claim of libel, defamation, violation of rights of privacy or publicity, loss of service by other subscribers and infringement of intellectual property or other rights. This clause shall survive the expiry or termination of this User Agreement.

Termination

This User Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or Gaatakatha. You may terminate this User Agreement at any time, provided that you discontinue any further use of this Site. Gaatakatha may terminate this User Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site, Such termination will be without any liability to Gaatakatha. Upon any termination of the User Agreement by either you or Gaatakatha, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the User Agreement or otherwise. Gaatakatha’s right to any Comments shall survive any termination of this User Agreement. Any such termination of the User Agreement shall not cancel your obligation to pay for the product already ordered from the Site or affect any liability that may have arisen under the User Agreement.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimers

The Site is provided without any warranties or guarantees and in an "As Is" condition. You must bear the risks associated with the use of the Site.

The Site provides content from other Internet sites or resources and while Gaatakatha tries to ensure that material included on the Site is correct, reputable and of high quality, it cannot accept responsibility if this is not the case. Gaatakatha will not be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information or for any technical problems you may experience with the Site. This disclaimer constitutes an essential part of this User Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Gaatakatha or its suppliers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses arising out of or in connection with the Site, its services or this User Agreement. Without prejudice to the generality of the section above, the total liability of Gaatakatha to you for all liabilities arising out of this User Agreement be it in tort or contract is limited to the value of the product ordered by you. Gaatakatha, its associates and technology partners make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness and/or timeliness of any content, information, software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through the use of the Site or that the operation of the Site will be error free and/or uninterrupted. Consequently, Gaatakatha assumes no liability whatsoever for any monetary or other damage suffered by you on account of the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the Site; and/or any interruption or errors in the operation of the Site.

Site Security

You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a server or an account which you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any other user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, "flooding," "spamming," "mailbombing" or "crashing;" (d) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Gaatakatha will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this Site. You agree, further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from Gaatakatha on this Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).

Entire Agreement

If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed to be superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Gaatakatha with respect to the Gaatakatha sites/services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and Gaatakatha with respect to the Gaatakatha sites/services. Gaatakatha’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive its right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.

For any further clarification of out Terms and Conditions, please write to us at gaatakatha@gmail.com