Terms and Conditions
GENERAL TERMS DEFINITIONS
“Agreement” shall mean the terms and conditions as detailed herein including those incorporated by reference and including all schedules, appendices, annexures, Privacy Policy , and will include the references to this Agreement as amended, novated, supplemented, varied or replaced/substituted from time to time. “Customer” or “User” shall mean you – the individual person who accesses this Website or wishes to place or who places an order for purchase of the Product(s) on the Seller at this Website. “Seller” or “GRCLLP” shall mean G Rajam Chetty and Sons Jewellers LLP (‘GRCLLP’) having its registered office at 28B West Raja Street, Kanchipuram which is the seller of the Product(s) offered for sale on this Website. “Consignment” shall mean each shipment of Products made by Seller in response to an order placed by the Customer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. “Product” shall mean silver coins, gold coins, gold articles and items of gold, diamond or gemstone jewellery which have been offered for sale by the Seller on this Website [this Website and Product(s) listed therein may be amended by the Seller from time to time at its sole discretion] and that as part of the designs offered on this Website the items of gold jewellery may or may not be encrusted with/embedded with/have strings of as applicable – diamonds, precious stones, semi-precious stones, pearls, beads, Kundan, meena/meenakari or coated/electroplated with precious metals or alloys or artistically made to give an antique look or coloured artistically etc. as per the description of each of item given in the Website. “this Website” shall mean the website owned by the Seller which website is also identifiable by its URL www.rajamchettyjewellers.com which is an online shopping platform owned and operated by the Seller for sale of the Products. “Ordering Procedure” shall mean the step by step procedure which is to be followed by the Customer to order the Product(s) from the Seller’s Website. “Payment Procedure” shall mean the step by step procedure which is to be followed by the Customer to pay the Seller for the Product(s) ordered by the Customer from the Seller’s Website. USE OF THE WEBSITE: You shall not access this website in any legal jurisdiction that does not recognise or give effect to all provisions and terms & conditions of this Agreement. You agree, acknowledge and recognise that the contract of sale is made in India, is governed exclusively by laws of India and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the appropriate courts at Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu to the exclusion of all other courts. The Customer agrees and acknowledges that this Website can be used only by individuals who are 18 years and above and can enter into legally binding contracts. Individuals who are “incompetent to contract” within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including but not limited to minors, un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use this Website and purchase the Product(s). In the event the Customer is a minor and wishes to purchase the Product(s) such purchase must made by Customer’s legal guardian or parents. The Seller reserves the right to terminate Customer’s access to and refuse to provide Customer with access to this Website if the Seller discovers that Customer is under the age of 18 years.
CONTACT & PERSONAL INFORMATION
User has to enter their personal information such as Name, Address and Phone number. Personal information includes Date of Birth, which Seller uses to verify the user’s age. After registration, user may change their personally identifiable information such as the login password in their profile by logging into their account and it is always advisable not to share your login details with anyone and to update the password at periodic intervals to keep it protected.
EMAIL VERIFICATION
User has to enter their email address which serves as the medium of communication from www.rajamchettyjewellers.com. User shall check the email which provides the instruction for user to register and helps in registration process. Having a working email address is important as the Seller uses it to notify about the confirmation of purchase, shipping, payment procedures and details about the payment
CREATE USER INFO
User ID is required for users to login and purchase. You can create a user ID and set a password. USER ID is normally the mobile number of the User unless Seller changes the policy in this regard. The If you ever forgot your password, make use of the ’Forgot Password’ link in the login page. You will be prompted to enter your registered email address. Once you enter the mail address & click ’Submit’ button you will receive a mail containing the link to reset your password. You are advised to set(or reset) a strong password which is a combination of letters, numbers & special characters.
CONFIRM REGISTRATION
Check the email for confirmation of registration. Use this registered email for communication with the company. You shall be responsible for all activities that occur under your account.
TAX AND VALUE ADDED CHARGES
As per the current regulations of Government of India, all Jewels be it Gold, Silver, Diamond , Platinum or any other precious metal with or without precious or semi precious stones that are billed will fall within the scope of GST, which shall subsume the tax structure that had been in force till June 2017.
Here is a recap of the previous tax pattern for your comparative analysis with the present pattern. Prior to GST being implemented, the overall tax rate on gold jewellery stood at 2% (1% excise duty and 1% VAT(Depending on the state’s legislation). GST has replaced the excise duty and VAT components, with a single tax of 3% only. This tax shall be referred as the ’tax’ or ’taxes’ henceforth.
The cost of the jewel includes the physical content of Jewels, designing cost and making charges along with the wastages. GRCLLP has every right in determining the cost of the product. These costs shall be referred to as ’Value Added Charges’.
TRANSACTION SECURITY: When you (the Customer) visits/accesses the Website or send emails to us (the Seller), you are communicating with Seller electronically. From your computer (Customer’s computer) till the point of the server where this Website is hosted, it is the sole responsibility of the Customer accessing this Website for ensuring secure communication and for maintaining the confidentiality of his information details (including Credit card number and all other confidential information disclosed by him) and for restricting access to his computer, and the Customer agrees to accept responsibility for all activities that occur using his computer. The Seller shall not be liable for any hacking, interruption of communication etc which occurs in this link. The Customer specifically agrees that the Seller shall not be responsible for unauthorized access to or alteration of Customer’s transmissions or data, any material or data sent or received or not sent or received. Further, the Seller will make best efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of Customer’s personally identifiable information available with it, but transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be guaranteed or made absolutely secure. By using this Website, the Customer agrees that the Seller shall not be liable for disclosure of Customer’s information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. Without prejudice to the foregoing the Customer agrees that the Seller shall not be held liable or responsible for ‘phishing attacks’ on the Customer. SALE OF PRODUCTS
The Customer agrees and acknowledges that in the Website all Product(s) are offered only at the sole discretion of the Seller for a restricted time and only for the available supply/till stock lasts. Prices on the website are subjected to change without any prior notice, as the prices are calculated using current prices of precious metals and gems.
The Seller also reserves the right to put a limit on the number of items purchased or orders placed through this Website. In addition the Seller also reserves the right to put a monetary limit/value cap in terms of Indian rupees upto which only the Customer may place order(s) on this Website. The Seller also reserves the right to put a condition that each order placed by the Customer on this Website must be above a certain minimum monetary value in terms of Indian rupees.
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
The management of GRCLLP is vested with the right to terminate the membership of the users and their agreement when it is found that any member violates the terms and conditions or privacy policy as such. GRCLLP is not duty bound to provide prior notice to any member about terminating their membership and restricting them from accessing the website. It is required that the member has to erase or destroy the downloaded or copied data obtained from GRCLLP under the user agreement in the event of termination of membership. Termination of membership shall not in any way alter your obligation of any outstanding payment towards the purchase of the merchandise.
The user can terminate his/her membership by writing to the company that he/she no longer wishes to avail the services of GRCLLP and discontinue further use of this website. Your request for termination shall be processed in 7 to 10 business days. However you still ought to complete any arrears with payments.
CUSTOMER DATA: The Customer agrees, acknowledges, confirms and undertakes that the Registration Data, information/data provided or uploaded onto the Website by the Customer: (a) shall not be false, inaccurate, misleading or incomplete or (b) shall not be fraudulent or involve the use of counterfeit or stolen Credit Cards or (c) shall not infringe any third party’s intellectual property, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy or (d) shall not be defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing or (e) shall not be obscene or contain pornography or contain an “indecent representation of women” within the meaning of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 or (f) shall not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines or executable files that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information of any person whatsoever or (g) shall not create liability for Seller or cause Seller to lose (in whole or in part) the services of Seller’s ISPs or other service providers/suppliers. If the Customer contravenes the foregoing or the Seller has reasonable grounds to suspect that the Customer has contravened the foregoing, the Seller has the right to indefinitely deny or terminate Customer’s access to the Website and to refuse to honor the Customer’s Order(s).
TRADEMARK The Customer agrees, acknowledges, confirms and undertakes that in any event and at any point of time whatsoever the Customer shall not do all or any of the following: (a) tamper with or alter Seller’s trade mark, service mark, symbol, marking, abbreviations thereof or any brand or hallmark symbol displayed/etched/stamped on the Product(s), or (b) add, in any manner whatsoever, any trade mark, service mark, symbol, marking, abbreviations thereof or any brand or hallmark symbol on the Product(s) or (c) do or cause to be done any act or thing, directly or indirectly impairing or affecting the right, title and interest of the Seller to the Intellectual Property Rights in relation to the Product(s) or infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of a third party while uploading designs for jewellery with the Seller. The term “Intellectual Property Rights” shall include but not be limited to copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, designs, artistic work or other proprietary rights protected under law from time to time. In this respect the Customer agrees, acknowledges and confirms that making copy/copies of the Product(s) is a violation of Seller’s Intellectual Property Rights and is prohibited under this Agreement. User shall indemnify Seller at all times with respect to any violation of this Clause by the User. This Agreement provides the Customer with a personal, revocable, nonexclusive, non-transferrable license to use this Website provided the Customer complies with and continues to comply with this Agreement. The Customer may use this Website solely for his personal, non-commercial use, and the Customer may download a single copy of the materials from this site only for personal, non-commercial home use, as long as customer agrees not to remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices from the materials downloaded. The Seller shall take appropriate legal action and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any violation of the following Clause. The Seller prohibits the use of its trademarked names in metatags and/or hidden text. The use of trademarked names in metatag keywords amounts to trademark infringement, and the use of trademarked terms in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. The Seller prohibits the following (a) linking to this Website and its web page(s) without prior written consent of the Seller and/or (b) Framing this Website and its web page(s) with links, advertisements and/or other information not originating from this Website. (c) No right or license is granted under any copyright, patent or trademark of the Seller to any other party. WARRANTY The Customer hereby assumes the sole risk of making use or relying on the information, materials and services relating to the Products available on this Website or relating to this Website. The Seller makes no representations about the suitability, completeness, timeliness, reliability, legality in Customer’s jurisdiction, or accuracy of the information, materials and services relating to the Products described or contained in this Website for any purpose. All Products described or contained in this Website are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind whatsoever, including without all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort and non-infringement. In respect of, in relation to and with regard to this Website or any of the information, software, services and related graphics contained within the Website, the Seller expressly disclaims any warranties and conditions whether express or implied about their accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, quality, continuity, performance, error free or uninterrupted operation/functioning, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort, non-infringement, lack of viruses or other harmful components. This Website and all such information, software, services and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind whatsoever. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: The Seller will not be liable for any damages of any kind whatsoever including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, exemplary and consequential damages, damages for loss of use, data or profits, or other intangible losses , which may arise or are arising from the use of this Website or any of the information, software, services and related graphics contained within the Website or any of the Product(s) offered, regardless of whether such damages are based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, and even if Seller has been advised of the possibility of damages. The Seller has mentioned approximate delivery timeline of the product on the website that is indicative and is based on the best-effort basis of the Seller and several other third party players. While the Seller shall strive hard to deliver the product within the mentioned timeline, the Seller does not take responsibility for any delay in the same and shall not be liable for any compensation (monetary or otherwise) to the Customer in any case. The Seller has endeavoured to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information on this Website. However, the information, materials, products, and services available on this Website may inadvertently include inaccuracies, typographical errors, or outdated information. The Seller is not responsible for and shall not be bound to honour typographical or pricing errors on this Website. The Seller reserves the right to refuse or cancel orders at any time, including but not limited to the following orders that contain incorrect prices or product descriptions, orders in which Seller believes the customer has violated applicable law or this Agreement, orders that the Seller believes are harmful to the Seller or orders that the Seller believes are fraudulent or based on illegal, fraudulent or deceitful use/furnishing of information or based on false information. Seller’s entire liability (including any liability for the act and omission of its employees, agents or sub contractors) to the Customer in respect of any breach of its obligations arising hereunder, or of any representation, statement, tortious act, or omission, including negligence or deficiency of service or goods arising under this Agreement, or breach of any or all warranties given in this Agreement or in respect of all claims, proceedings, damage, injuries, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, costs, charges, expenses (including without limitation court fees, litigation expenses and attorney’s fees) or any consequences or damages whenever arising shall be limited in total (no matter how many claims are made, or whatever the basis of such claims) to the replacement of the Product(s), or at Seller’s discretion, repayment of the price of the Product(s) purchased by Customer and out of which particular Product(s) the Sellers liability arose. In no event shall GRCLLP, its Partners, members, employees or agents be liable for any direct, special, indirect, or consequential damages, or any other damages of any kind, including but not limited to loss of use, loss of profits, or loss of data, whether in an action in contract, tort (including but not limited to negligence) or otherwise, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of our site, the products and services, or the content contained in or accessed through our site, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from reliance by user on any information obtained from GRCLLP, or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance or any damage caused during freight transit, whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to GRCLLP Jewellers’s records, programs or services.
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
The Customer agrees that any feedback, comments, ideas, suggestions, information, or any other content which Customer contributes to the Seller or this Website (including the name you submit with any content) will be deemed to include a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license for the Seller to adopt, publish, reproduce, disseminate, transmit, distribute, copy, use, create derivative works from, display worldwide, or act on such content–without additional approval or consideration–in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, and you waive any claim to the contrary. The Customer represents and warrants that he owns or otherwise controls all of the rights to the content that he may contribute to this Website and that use of his content by the Seller will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party.
FORCE MAJEURE
If due to force majeure or any contingency beyond its control, the performance of obligations of the Seller is prevented, delayed, restricted or interfered with, there shall be no liability for non-performance. Such contingencies shall include (being by way of example but not limitation) fire, explosion, lightning, flood, subsidence, earthquake, natural calamities, epidemic, act of god, war, insurrection or civil disorder, riots, acts of terrorism, armed conflict, blockade, sanctions, war or military operations, national or local emergency, action of any municipal authority/ utility provider, governmental order or regulation, acts or omissions of government, strikes or other concerted acts of workers, industrial disputes of any kind, or any other act or event whether dissimilar or similar outside Seller’s control . The obligation to perform shall arise again, immediately upon the termination or moderation of the contingency, so that performance is no longer prevented, restricted or interfered with. Any suspension of performance shall be effective from the date the contingencies giving rise to it, first arose or accrued. If there is any suspension of performance by reason this Clause herein above, the Parties shall endeavour to find alternative means of remedying the same. If it cannot be remedied within ninety (90) days, then either Party may give written notice to terminate this Agreement. The Customer covenants with the Seller that the Customer shall at all times comply with and fulfil all the requirements of this Agreement. Without prejudice to and in addition to any other remedies, reliefs or legal recourses available to the Seller whether under this Agreement or otherwise, the Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and its affiliates, and all of their employees, agents, officers, directors, proprietors, partners, representatives, shareholders, servants, attorneys, accountants, predecessors, successors, and assigns, at all times, from, against and in respect of all claims, proceedings, damage, injuries, losses, damages, liabilities, penalties, costs, charges, expenses (including without limitation court fees, litigation expenses and attorney’s fees) or any consequences whenever arising, which the Seller and/or its affiliates, their employees, agents, officers, directors, proprietors, partners, representatives, shareholders, servants, attorneys, accountants, predecessors, successors, and assigns, may endure, suffer or incur in connection with, consequent to, relatable to or attributable to or arising directly or indirectly from any one or more of the following : (a) Customer’s use of this Website, or (b) any breach, default, contravention, non-observance, non-performance by Customer of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings, promises, declarations and obligations of the Customer contained in this Agreement or any of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, or (c) any representations, warranties, confirmations or declarations made by the Customer under this Agreement are found to be untrue, partly true or misleading or (d) any demur, delay, default or failure on the part of the Customer to forthwith make payment for the Product(s) in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (e) any reversal or withholding of payment by the Customer or by any other person or entity under Customer’s instructions. That for all intents and purposes singular includes plural and masculine gender includes the feminine gender. This Agreement is written in English and the official language of this Agreement and all correspondence concerning it shall be in English.
THIRD PARTY DESIGNERS AND WEIGHT VARIATION
The Seller offers Designer Products from third-party Designers on its website. All the Designer Products are the exclusive property of the respective third-party Designers. The sole responsibility of ensuring non-violation of third-party intellectual property rights for the designs offered by the Designer rests on the Designer itself and the Seller, ’GRCLLP’ , shall not be responsible for any breach or violation of any such intellectual property rights.
You can avail different offers running on the website. The terms and conditions of each offer shall be observed by you and the seller reserves the right to modify terms and condition from time to time. Weights mentioned in the product description are approximate weights and may vary during the manufacturing process in case if the stock is not readily available. In cases of such weight variation and any other weight variation in case of readily available stock, the final selling price would be adjusted accordingly and the revised price shall informed to the customer. Only upon Customer accepting such weight variation and revised price, the sale will take place and Seller will not be responsible to perform any obligation if the Customer declines the weight variation and revised price.
EXTERNAL LINKS:
This Website may at the Seller’s sole discretion, contain links to sites owned and maintained by persons or entities other than the Seller. The Seller may also provide links to the other sites for purpose of enabling the Customer to make payment to the Seller. Any of the foregoing links do not constitute an endorsement by the Seller of any such sites and are provided only as a convenience. The Seller is not responsible for the content or links displayed on such sites. The Seller is not responsible for the privacy practices of such sites which Seller does not own, manage or control. The Seller does not regularly review, and makes no warranty or representation regarding materials posted, or products or services offered, on the sites to which this Website may be linked and Seller shall not be responsible for any deficiency thereof. The Seller does not endorse any or all of the materials, products, and services available on such linked sites, and the Seller expressly disclaims responsibility for the contents of any linked site, the accuracy of any information contained in a linked site, and the quality of the products and services offered at any linked site. Any decision to view the contents of any linked site is solely of the Customer and is made at Customer’s own risk.
SEVERABILITY
The Parties hereto agree that each of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be severable, and the unenforceability of one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the enforceability of any other provision(s) or of the remainder of this Agreement.