Terms of Service

This Site/Service is owned and operated by Rediff.com India Ltd. (“Rediff.com”). By accessing this website you agree to abide by and bound by the Terms and Conditions. You agree and acknowledge that you are legally competent and eligible to enter into this Agreement. Rediff.com reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions ("Terms") of the Service and Disclaimer without any prior notification. You are advised to regularly review the Terms. If you do not agree with any of the Terms and any amendments thereto, you must not use this site/service. If any point of time Rediff.com may come to know that the user is below the age of 13 years then Rediff.com reserves its right to delete the said user's account after observing due diligence.

The investment tips and views expressed by investment experts on this Site are their own, and not that of Rediff.com. Rediff.com does not endorse in anyway any contents of the expression of the experts. Please therefore verify the veracity of all content/information on your own before undertaking reliance and actioning thereupon. Rediff.com does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. The information provided on this Site is for General information purposes and should not be substituted for professional advice. No advice or information, whether oral or written, which the user obtains from Rediff.com or through the service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. Rediff.com makes no warranty regarding any transactions entered into upon reliance on information provided through this service. You agree that are using the site at your sole risk. Rediff.com disclaims all warranties and conditions with regards to the accuracy of the information provided on Rediff Site/service, In no event shall Rediff.com be responsible for any direct, indirect, punitive incidental, special, consequential damage, loss, harm or injury arising in any manner whatsoever, including those arising directly, indirectly, consequentially or otherwise and whether financial, mental or otherwise, caused to any person arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the Rediff site/service or related service whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise even if Rediff.com or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors, content providers, enabling partners. You agree that this Service is made available to you for personal non-commercial use and you further undertake not to sell, use, reproduce, modify, alter, decompile, reengineer, edit, translate, transmit, copy, publish, perform, display or post any content without prior written permission of Rediff.com.

You agree and undertake that you shall not to host, post, upload, display, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information content/material that is: (a) belongs to another person and to which you don't have any right to; copyrighted content owned by a third party unless you have the express consent, permission, license, authority of the rightful owner;
(b) violates/infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or any other proprietary or privacy rights of any third party.
(c) is grossly harmful, blasphemous, paedophilic, false, misleading, unlawful or with the intent to defraud, harass, abuse, intimidate, accuse, impersonate or harm the feelings of anyone; illegal, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, provocative, defamatory, indecent, libelous, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, threatening, impersonating another person, enticing/harming of minors in any way, infringing of intellectual property rights, proprietary rights of any third party, invasive of privacy or public rights or any other third party rights or otherwise injurious or objectionable, elicit response relating to illegal activity, contain viruses is an expression of bigotry or hatred based on age, gender, race, religion, caste, class, lifestyle preference, and nationality; relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling or otherwise unlawful in any manner
(d) promotes or provides any instructional information about illegal activities;
(e) Upload or post any content/material that contain software viruses or any other computer codes, files or programs that would interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of this Site/Service or any software, network, servers, hardware or any other related equipment, any computer resource.
(f) violate any applicable laws or regulations for the time being in force.
(g) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature.
(h) threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.

You must use the Service in a manner consistent with any and all applicable local, state, Indian and International law and such other applicable laws, rules and regulations. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the Service, including unauthorized framing of or linking to the Rediff Site will be investigated, and appropriate legal action will be taken, including without limitation, civil, criminal and injunctive redress. This site is created and controlled by Rediff.Com in Mumbai India; as such the laws of India shall apply; courts in Mumbai shall have jurisdiction in respect of all the terms, conditions and disclaimers. Use of the Rediff sites/services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree to indemnify and hold Rediff, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Rediff sites/services.

The graphics and content on this site are the copyrighted work of Rediff.com and contain proprietary trademarks and trade names of the Company. No right or license is granted under any copyright, patent or trademark of Rediff.com to any person.

This agreement is governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of Union of India. You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Rediff sites/services. Use of the Rediff sites/services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree to indemnify and hold Rediff.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and representatives harmless from any claim, demand, or damage, including reasonable attorneys' fees, asserted by any third party due to or arising out of your use of or conduct on the Rediff sites/services.

Rediff.com's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Rediff's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Rediff sites/services or information provided to or gathered by Rediff.com with respect to such use.

In case of any grievance, please contact the Grievance Officer. If you are the rightful owner of the content or an affected person and have the reason to believe that any content that has been uploaded/contributed through this Service contravenes your rights in violation of Rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 (“Rules”), then you may intimate the same to Rediff.com in the following manner:
(a) Sending a request in writing or through email signed with electronic signature identifying the content alleged to be in infringement of your rights as the rightful owner or affecting you prejudicially;
(b) Providing exact identification and description of the content by giving its URL that is to be disabled, which in your view contravenes Rule 3(2) of aforesaid “Rules”.
(c) Giving a declaration cum undertaking alongwith necessary documents establishing you (i) as the rightful owner of the content to be disabled, or (ii) as an affected person, and stating that the information submitted is true, complete & accurate and no material fact has been hidden. Further, stating that Rediff.com and its Management, Directors, employees, including Grievance Officer shall not be liable for any loss or damage or claim for relying upon the said request.
(d) Contact information including address, telephone number, email address, etc. where you can be contacted if required.
You can send your request to Grievance Officer, Rediff.com at:
Grievance Officer
Rediff.com India Ltd.
Address: 1st Floor,Mahalaxmi Engineering Estate, L. J. First Cross Road, Mahim (W), Mumbai 400 016 (India)
Email:grievances@rediff.co.in
Phone: +91-22-61820000 (between9am to 6pm IST from Monday -Friday except Public holidays)
(e) The grievance(s) shall be redressed in accordance with the said Rules and in good faith by the Grievance Officer.