Terms & Conditions

BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS Of USE, OR BY TAKING ANY STEP TO USE THE WEBSITE AND MOBILE APPLICATION, YOU (1) REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY, YOU ARE DULY AUTHORIZED BY YOUR EMPLOYER TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT AND (2) YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE AND MOBILE APPLICATION OR OTHER SERVICES OFFERED BY RAVAL & TRIVEDI ASSOCIATES.

Your acceptance of these Terms of Use constitutes an acknowledgment that you have read and understood all the provisions herein.

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ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS

By visiting the website www.ravaladvocates.com, and Mobile Application _________ (Collectively referred as “Platform”) viewing, accessing or otherwise using any of the services or information created, collected, compiled, or submitted to our Platform, you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Use of Service. If you do not want to be bound by our Terms, your only option is not to visit, view or otherwise use the services of our Platform. You understand, agree and acknowledge that these Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Firm and that your use of Platform shall indicate your conclusive acceptance of this agreement.

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PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

The Platform and the Content therein are the sole and exclusive property of the Firm. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any purpose, any portion of the Platform or the Content other than as expressly authorized by the Firm in writing. You hereby acknowledge and agree that, as between the Firm and you, all right, title, and interest in the Platform and the Content therein shall be owned exclusively by the Firm. Use of the Platform in any way not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is prohibited.

Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights related to work performed by the Firm belong to the Firm only. You have the right to use the results produced by the Firm for a limited purpose. In the absence of any other agreement, no document or other work results generated by the Firm may be circulated or used for marketing purposes.

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NO GUARANTEES

You acknowledge that the Firm has not and cannot guarantee any outcome for any matters in which the Firm represents you. While no guarantee of outcome has been made, Firm will diligently and aggressively represent your interests and will endeavour to perform only those services required by the facts of the case and the law as determined by the Firm.

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GRANT OF ACCESS TO THE LOCAL/CLOUD SERVER

The Firm grants non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited permission to access the Local/Cloud Server (“Server”) provided by the Firm, in the manner prescribed herein. The rights granted herein are subject to the compliance with the other terms of use and privacy policy.

You agree that your access to the server may involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider or other charges). You are responsible for those fees and in addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Server.

You shall be given an exclusive Username and Password (your Account) in order to get access to the Server of the Firm. You will be granted access to your exclusive/specific Folder only. Moreover, you shall be allowed to access the Server through one specific device which shall be registered with the Firm. In case, you require access through any other device, you may place a request with the administration of the firm. The Firm after following a specific Protocol may provide access through the other device as well.

Further, your access to the folder is limited to only uploading and downloading the documents from the Server. You shall not be allowed to delete or move any items/documents from the Server.

The Firm will upload the documents/drafts/invoices/order/hearing dates and other relevant information in your specific folder. You will be received notification as and when any document is uploaded by the Firm. You can upload documents in connection with your pending/on-going/potential matter.

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PASSWORD AND SECURITY

You shall provide certain information about yourself in order to use some of the features that are offered through the Platform. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Username and Password. You are also responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. We reserve the right to close your account at any time for any or no reason.

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RESTRICTIVE COVENANT

You agree not to exploit your access to the server/platform or use it for any purpose other than the permitted purposes. You agree not to distribute or otherwise transfer or assign the Services offered by the Firm, any copies thereof, or any passwords or user-names of any Firm’s account, without the express prior written consent of the Firm or as set forth in this Terms of Use. You agree not to make a copy of the services offered by the Firm or any part thereof, including but not limited to the data/content contained therein;

You agree not to remove, obscure or modify any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices, marks or labels contained on or within the Services offered by the Firm, falsify any author attributions, legal notices or other labels of the origin or source of the material;

You agree not to copy extracts from the database used by the Firm in offering its service or sell, reproduce or store it in any manner whatsoever;

You agree not to upload, post or otherwise transmit any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary;

You agree not to upload, post or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Server or the Platform;

You shall not seek to gain access to any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available by us.

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EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY

The services offered by the Firm require an internet connection to access its features. The Firm is not responsible for any deficiency in services arising out of deficiency or on account of the internet connection.

While every reasonable effort will be made to ensure accuracy of information provided, the Firm’s services are dependent on public data also which may be available on third-party websites. Thereby, the Firm does not guarantee the integrity, accuracy or quality of the information offered as a part of the service. Any discrepancies should be brought to the Firm’s notice immediately. In any event, the Firm will not be liable for any loss caused due to inaccurate information posted on its Platform. You are cautioned to check the information with independent sources before relying on it.

The services offered by the Firm are provided to you “as is” with all faults, without warranty of any kind, without any assurances of performance or any other guarantees of any kind. You agree to use the services at your own risk. We do not make and hereby disclaims any and all implied or statutory warranties, including implied warranties of condition, uninterrupted use, compatibility, error-free service, accuracy of data, non-infringement of third-party rights and other warranties.

The Firm has no liability to third parties due to your use of documents or advice from the Firm. The Firm is not liable for damages caused by circumstances beyond its control which the Firm could not have foreseen at the time of providing services and consequences the Firm could not reasonably have avoided or overcome.

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TERMINATION

You acknowledge and agree that the Firm, in its sole discretion, may terminate your Platform/Server access if your conduct is found to be unlawful, inconsistent with, or in violation of, the letter or spirit of these Terms, or for any other reason. The Firm shall not be liable to you or any third party for termination of Platform/Server access. If you object to any terms of Usage or to any subsequent modifications thereto, your only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Platform.

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DATA/CONTENT POLICY

You understand that all information and data/content displayed on Platform is aggregated by the Firm and its agents from multiple sources. This aggregation of data is conducted through proprietary techniques and technologies that the Firm has developed to conduct its business; and as such, the Firm reserves all rights over this aggregated data and information.

Although, the firm strives for having a perpetual relationship with their Clients. However, you understand that certain circumstances may result in termination of this agreement. Upon termination and discontinuation of services, you will not be able to receive any further information or data or service through the Firm, or its agents/authorised representatives. You also understand that by discontinuation of service offered by us, you will not be able to use the online service available through its Server or through website www.ravaladvocates.com or its mobile applications.

Upon discontinuation of service offered by the Firm, you are only entitled to receive data/content entered by you during continued use of Platform. The entered data/content is further limited to forums, case types, case numbers, case years and file numbers that you add to your Account.

Further, Retention periods of your Personal information can vary significantly based on the type of information and how it is used. Our retention periods are based on criteria that include legally mandated retention periods, pending or potential litigation, our Intellectual Property rights, our service requirements and others. In the scenario wherein you are no longer the user of our Platform/Server, upon request we shall proceed to delete your Personal Contact information from our Platform. However, we will not delete any information with regards to Pending/Potential Litigation or matters on which we worked upon for you.

All the Content posted on the Platform/ Server or communicated to you from time to time by the Firm is provided for guidance or as reference only. Accordingly, NO advice per se relating to the subject matter of such Content is understood to be given to you by the Firm.

Under no circumstances will the Firm be liable in any way for any Content on the Platform or Server, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available through or in connection with the matter.

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SUGGESTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS

By sending us any ideas, suggestions, documents or proposals (“Feedback”), you agree to the following:

  • your Feedback does not contain any third party’s confidential or proprietary information,
  • The Firm is under no obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Feedback,
  • your Feedback is not unique and the Firm may already be working on a similar idea or concept, and
  • you grant the Firm an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, prepare derivative works, publish, distribute and sublicense the Feedback in any way the Firm sees fit, and you irrevocably waive, and cause to be waived, any claims and assertions of any legal or equitable rights in such Feedback.
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YOUR OBLIGATIONS TO THE FIRM

Firm will issue you invoices/statements based on your matter, fees due, and costs incurred. You shall strive to make payments on time to the Firm.

In addition to timely payment of fees and costs, your obligations will include the following:

  • Ensuring that the Firm has your current and working contact information;
  • Timely cooperating with any request for documents by the Firm related to the representation;
  • Reasonably and timely responding to communications from the Firm and requests for conferences by the Firm;
  • Coordinating meetings with the Firm’s advocates/associates and staff ahead of time to ensure availability; and
  • Complying with the terms of Use of this Agreement, as well as the policies set forth by the Firm.
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MODIFICATIONS OF THE CONTENT OF THE PLATFORM/SERVER AND TERMS OF USE

The Firm reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Platform/Server or any part thereof, any content, with or without notice to you. You agree that the Firm shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Platform/Server or any part thereof. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether a new version of the Terms of Use has been uploaded. If you do not agree to any revisions pursuant to the upload of a new version of the Terms of Use, then you must immediately stop using the Platform/Server. You agree that the Firm shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Platform/Server, and/or amendments to the Terms of Use. Your continued use of the Terms of Use after such modifications or amendments shall constitute an acceptance of your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use, as amended.

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NOTICES

All notices shall be in writing and shall be made either via email /conventional mail/any other electronic communication. Notices to us must be sent to ___________________________________ if by conventional mail. We may broadcast notices or messages through the E-mail/Post/messengers/Platform to inform you of changes to the Platform/Server or other matters of importance, and such broadcasts shall constitute notice to you at the time of sending.

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ENTIRE AGREEMENT

These Terms of Use including Privacy Policy of the Firm constitute the entire agreement between you and the Firm. No other warranties, representations, undertakings or promises, whether oral, implied or otherwise, have been made by you or the Firm. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between us, written or oral. These Terms may be modified unilaterally by the Firm upon notice to you, without the requirement of any separate agreement in writing. To the extent that anything in or associated with the Platform is in conflict or inconsistent with these Terms of Use, these Terms of Use shall take precedence.

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INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Firm, its affiliates, any, licensors, partners, officers, associates, agents and representatives of each of them (collectively, the “Firm Entities”) harmless, including costs, liabilities and legal fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of or relating to (i) your access to or use of the Platform, (ii) your violation of the Terms of Use, (iii) any services purchased or obtained by you in connection with the Platform, or (iv) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The Firm reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of the Firm. The Firm will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

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GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Use and any obligations arising out of or in relation to the Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India.

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JURISDICTION

You understand, agree and acknowledge that the courts of India are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (including claims for set-off and counterclaims and disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations) which may arise out of or in connection with the Terms of Use and for such purposes irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

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WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

The failure of the Firm to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to our intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.

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FORCE MAJEURE

The Firm shall not be liable for failure to perform its obligations if the failures result from an act of God, an act of Government, other authorities or statutory undertakings, fire, explosion, accident, power failure, equipment or systems failure, industrial dispute or anything beyond the Firm’s control.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about these terms or about the content, information or services on this Platform, you may contact us at_____________.