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Terms and Conditions

Pshrc.net offers you access to this website (please read this agreement carefully).

The following are the terms and conditions, subject to which you are entitled to this surfing through any part of this website or use any of our services:

Acceptance of Terms & Conditions

The materials on this website ("Site") are provided by Punjab State Human Rights Commission ("PSHRC") having its office at Chandigarh, India, as a service to its users and is to be used for informational or general purposes only. By accessing this Site past the home page and by using and/or downloading any materials from this Site, you will be deemed to agree to these terms & conditions and the same shall take effect on the date which you first use this Site. PSHRC reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes on Site at http://www. pshrc.net/disclaimer. The onus is on the user for reviewing regularly, information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued usage of this Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes. If any/all terms in this agreement are not acceptable to you, your sole remedy is to discontinue the use of this service.

Copyright Notices

This Site, its name pshrc.net and the information or other contents on this Site ("Materials") are copyrighted property of PSHRC and its affiliated or associated companies or licensors, and any unauthorized use of any materials on this Site may constitute a violation of copyright, trademark and other laws governing the materials presented on this Site. To reproduce, republish, upload, download, post, transmit, distribute or publicly display material from this Site you will need prior written permission from PSHRC. Users may view and download material from this Site only for personal, non-commercial home use. As such this is a personal license, and under no circumstances shall this license be construed as a transfer of title to any Materials found on this Site. Reproduction of any material contained in this site or any part thereof without prior permission or any part of this report in any form without prior permission of PSHRC and/or its affiliates or associates would amount to violation of copyright and would be an illegal act. You shall be entitled to use of material from this site only after PSHRC has intimated to you its no-objection to such use.

Member ID, Password and Security

During the registration process, you, the user, will select a Member ID and Password. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Member ID and Password, and for all activities that occur under your Member ID and password. You agree to (a) immediately notify PSHRC of any unauthorized use of your Member ID or Password or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you properly exit the web site at the end of each session. PSHRC cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this paragraph.

Disclaimer of warranties

YOU, THE USER, EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. PSHRC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL POLICY.

PSHRC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; AND (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

AND IN NO EVENT SHALL PSHRC BE LIABLE IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS, EVEN IF PSHRC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. PSHRC ALSO DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIALS DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM PSHRC OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN STATED.

Limitation of Liability

YOU, THE USER, EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL PSHRC BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF PSHRC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, SAMPLES, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (iii) THE MATERIALS IN THE SITE; (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (v) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (vi) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE HOWSOEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, harassing, threatening, libellous, defamatory, abusive, harmful, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or other material, information or data that would violate any civil or criminal laws. PSHRC will cooperate to the fullest extent possible to assist authorities in prosecuting those persons responsible for such postings.

Linked Sites

The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because PSHRC has no control over any linked sites found within this Site, you acknowledge and agree that PSHRC is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from any linked site or any other link contained in a linked site. You further acknowledge and agree that PSHRC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.

PSHRC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate any link or linking program at any time and for any reason it deems appropriate. In providing a link, PSHRC is not endorsing the companies or products to which it links, and shall have no responsibility for the actions or omissions of any such Company, or the quality or design of any such product. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your sole risk.

Indemnity

You, the user, agree to indemnify and hold PSHRC and its Chairman, Members, companies, affiliates, associates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand (including reasonable legal expenses and the expenses of other professionals) made by a third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

Material submitted by users

PSHRC shall not accept responsibility for the content or accuracy of any/all material submitted by users. You agree that your information and the items you offer for trade on pshrc.net will:

  1. not be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; 

  2. not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy (See our Copyright Policy for more information);

  3. not violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including without limitation those governing export control, trade quotas, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);

  4. not be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; 

  5. not be obscene or contain child pornography; 

  6. not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; and

  7. not link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that: 
    (i) are prohibited under this Agreement; or 
    (ii) you do not have a right to link to or include. You also agree not to use the Service :

  8. in connection with chain letters, junk e-mail, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages, 

  9. to collect e-mail addresses and other information about others without their consent or

  10. to create false e-mail addresses or otherwise attempt to mislead others as to the identity of the sender or the origin of a message.

Governing Laws and Jurisdiction

  1. The Owner is a Statutory Body, based in India and is rendering worldwide service from India, even though the website address may be located any where else. However, the entire management and all the business activities including the providing the contents of the website, providing service, information, materials, data, etc., are organized, updated and maintained by the Owner from India and are controlled from India.

  2. This Agreement is governed by the laws of India. This Site is controlled by PSHRC from its Chandigarh Office and as such the relevant laws shall be applicable to all users of the said Site.

  3. Before being permitted to use this Service, you must expressly accept the entire terms and conditions of this contract without any modification or reservation and only thereupon will you be permitted to use the pshrc.net Website and the Service, irrespective of where you or your organization are located.

  4. This Agreement is deemed to have been signed and executed in Chandigarh, India and you expressly submit yourself to the exclusive jurisdiction of Courts in Chandigarh, India, in respect of any disputes arising in any manner out of or relating to the pshrc.net Website, the Service, the Site Materials, this Agreement or your use or understanding thereof.

  5. You expressly waive any objection of whatsoever nature to Indian jurisdiction and agree not to raise any objection or take any plea as to Indian jurisdiction on the ground of forum inconvenient, delay, expense, hardship or otherwise howsoever.

  6. You further expressly agree not to initiate any legal proceedings against the Owner in respect of any matter relating to or arising out of the pshrc.net Website, the Site Material, the Service or this Agreement or its use, interpretation or understanding in any jurisdiction except that of the courts in Chandigarh, India.

  7. You expressly agree that in the event of any litigation being commenced by you or anyone claiming under you or associated with you against the Owner in any jurisdiction other than that of the Courts in Chandigarh, India, then you will consent in and support an application for the stay of legal proceedings in such other jurisdiction so that the parties concerned may adopt appropriate legal proceedings in local Indian jurisdiction.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THE TERMS MENTIONED IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU SHOULD EXIT THE SITE THROUGH YOUR BROWSER.

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