Terms & Conditions

This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules thereunder pertaining to electronic records as applicable and amended. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and the terms and conditions for access or usage of www.happymarriages.com. These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding contract, please take the time to read these Terms carefully as they explain the legal relationship between you and www.happymarriages.com and will govern your accessing, browsing or otherwise use of the site and the Services made available through it and implies your agreement to be bound by all these terms and conditions (“agreement”). If you do not want to be bound by the Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Website. The Terms and Conditions also includes the applicable policies which are incorporated herein by way of reference and as amended from time to time (the “Terms and conditions”).

We provide content for users and provide opportunity for users to create content such as articles, blogs posts, quizzes, polls, surveys, quotes, videos, Q&A, forum threads, and other services (the “HM Services”). This may include the ability for such businesses to market and broadcast themselves, via our www.happymarriages.com and domain name offered from time to time (collectively, the “Website”) and/or the happymarriages.com mobile application (the “Application” and together with the Website, the “HM Services”).

Account Security

You are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of your HM login credentials such as your user id, password, OTP, etc., and for restricting access to your computer/mobile to prevent unauthorized access to your account. We, as a Company do not ask for Password and you are cautioned not to share your password to any persons. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account.

In these Terms, references to “User” shall mean the end user/HM Member accessing the Website/HM services, its contents or using the HM services offered. The HM Service is directed to those at least eighteen (18) years of age. Use of our website / HM Services by anyone under the age of eighteen (18) is a violation of the Terms of Service. You may not use HM services if you are a competitor of HM Services offered in our Website, or if we have previously banned you from use of our Website / HM Services or closed your account.

We may, in our sole discretion, modify the Terms and conditions via email or by posting notice on any part of the HM Service. The “Last Updated” date at the top the Terms and conditions indicates when the latest modifications were made to the Terms and conditions. By continuing to access and use the Website / HM Service, you agree to any such modifications. Therefore, you are responsible for reviewing and should become familiar with any such modifications. We recommend that you review the Terms and conditions prior to each use of the Website / HM Service. In addition, when using particular services or features on the Website / HM Service, you will be subject to any posted guidelines or policies applicable to such services or features that may be posted from time to time, including but not limited to the Privacy Policy as noted below. All such guidelines or policies are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms and conditions.

The terms “You” “HM member” and “User” shall be interchangeably used for “User(s)”. “HM services” means a collective reference to the service provided in the www.happymarriages.com website by Matrimony.com Limited, CIN : L63090TN2001PLC047432,a company under the provisions of companies act, 2013 and having its registered office at No.94, TVH Beliciaa Towers, Tower – 2, 5th Floor, MRC Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 028(‘MCL/Company’).

Privacy Policy

Use of the happymarriges.com Service is subject to the terms of our or Privacy Policy which is hereby incorporated into and made part of these Terms and conditions, the personal information / data provided to us by you during the course of usage of HM will be treated as confidential and in accordance with the Privacy policy and applicable laws and regulations. If you object to your information being transferred or used, please do not use the website. Please carefully review our Privacy Policy. By using or accessing the Website / HM Service, you agree to be bound by the terms of our Privacy Policy

Intellectual Property

You acknowledge that all materials on the happymarriages.com Service, including the Website design, Application design, videos, infographics, quizzes, quotes, graphics, text, sounds, pictures, and other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, “Materials”), are the property of MCL and/or its licensors, and are subject to and protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws and rights. All rights to Materials not expressly granted in these Terms and conditions reserved to their respective copyright owners. MCL authorizes you to view, download and/or print the Materials only for personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials. Except as expressly authorized by the Terms and conditions, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, download, perform, display, post, transmit, scrape, copy, exploit, create derivative works or otherwise use any of the Materials in any form or by any means, without the prior written authorization of MCL or the respective copyright owner. In an absence of a written agreement, you may not modify or adapt the Materials in any way or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purposes. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress and logos (collectively, “Marks”) contained or described at the Website / HM Service are the sole property of MCL and/or its licensors and may not be copied, altered or otherwise used, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorization of MCL and/or its licensors. MCL reserves the right to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

For the avoidance of doubt, your use of the Website / HM Service is solely and exclusively under the limited license granted herein and you will not obtain any ownership interest therein through the Terms of Service or otherwise. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, slogans, logos, and other indicia of origin that appear on or in connection with any aspect of the Website / HM Service are either the property MCL, its affiliates or licensors. MCL retains the right to rescind and terminate the limited license granted hereunder at any point, for any reason. All rights not expressly granted herein by MCL to you are fully reserved by MCL, its advertisers and licensors.
Some of the company and product names, logos, brands, and other trademarks featured or referred to within the Website / HM Service may not be owned by us, and are the property of their respective trademark holders. These trademark holders are not affiliated with, nor do they sponsor or endorse the HM Service or the Website.

Notwithstanding anything contrary to the above, You agree that all content of Website and HM Services provided through the Website belong to MCL excluding your or third party content such as blogs / testimonials, opinions, advice and or any information / content whether abusive or not, created by Users, third parties or any advertisement on the Website/App, MCL shall not at any point in time be responsible for the same and the same is allowed only for information purpose and the Users shall be solely liable for all cost, expense & consequences.

You acknowledge that you alone are responsible and liable for the content (mandatory or optional content you provided on our Website) and information including the profile details, opinions, content, photograph and other content(s) keyed in any relevant field of the Website/App whether or not at the time of the creation of the HM profile or subsequently modified by you and also for all the post, blogs, opinions and communication (including personalized messages sent to other Users) with other User(s). You hereby represent and warrant that you own all rights, title and interest in your content/information or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to provide the said content/information. However, by submitting the content/information to MCL, you hereby grant MCL a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, publish, communicate to the public, law enforcement agencies, courts, and the MCL’s business and services, including without limitation for promoting, communicating to the public and redistributing part or all of the content/information (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.
While MCL does not accept any obligation to monitor the content/information in your profile, if the content/information is found not to be in compliance with these Terms and conditions, MCL may delete the content/information and / or terminate or suspend your registration or and you shall be solely be liable and responsible for all cost & consequences. You agree that if the situation warrants MCL may at its sole discretion put restriction on any User to other User communications.

MCL reserves the right to proceed/initiate appropriate steps under the prevailing law against infringement by violators of the proprietary rights or for illegally copying, modifying, publishing, transmitting, distributing, performing, displaying, or selling of any such proprietary information including using it for commercial purpose in any manner whatsoever.

Third Party Sites

Links provided via the Website / HM Services to third party websites and services are provided only as a convenience. If you use these links, you may leave the Website / HM Services. MCL does not control nor endorse any such third party websites. You agree that the Website / MCL or any of its affiliates, related parties, as defined below, will not be responsible or liable for any content, goods or services provided by such third party websites or for your use or inability to use such third party websites. You will use such links at your own risk. Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Website / HM Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You are advised that other websites on the Internet, including third party websites linked from our Website / HM Services, might contain material or information: that some people may find offensive or inappropriate; that is inaccurate, untrue, misleading or deceptive; or that is defamatory, libelous, infringing of others’ rights or otherwise unlawful. MCL expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, legality, decency or accuracy of any information, and for any products and services, that appear on any third party website.

Scope

You understand and acknowledge that www.happymarriages.com (HM / Website) acts as an “Intermediary” as defined under clause (1) sub-clause (w) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. HM is a brand owned by Matrimony.Com Limited (MCL) which owns, retains and has complete rights in HM and the Website /App/ HM Services. The Website / HM Services may be modified, updated, interrupted, suspended or discontinued at any time without notice or liability.

HM acts as a platform to enable any user to themselves register on it by establishing an account in order to use the HM Services and/or take advantage of certain features. If so, you agree to:

(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the HM Services;
(b) as permitted, maintain and promptly update such information. If you provide any information that is false, inaccurate or outdated, or if the Website / MCL has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is false, inaccurate or outdated, Website / MCL has the right to suspend or terminate your account and prohibit any and all current or future use of the Website or HM Services by you; and
(c) that your account is for your personal, non-commercial use only. By creating an account, you agree to receive certain communications in connection with the HM Services or any other services promoted by MCL.\

You understand that request or use of the HM Services is offered as a value addition since MCL believes that the future of a Country depends on its Citizens. Good citizens emerge from Good Parenting.
Good Parenting happens in a Happy Marriage.
And, we are the Gateway to Happy Marriages. The HM Services are provided free of any fee/charges to individuals who would like to share their experience and the HM Services may be modified, updated, interrupted, suspended or discontinued at any time without notice or liability. Website / MCL has the authority and reserves the right to determine and levy, introduce, modify pricing by posting applicable pricing terms to the Website. You are responsible for all Charges incurred under your User account regardless of your awareness of such Charges or the amounts thereof.

Further you may fill in your email id and phone number in any of our registration campaigns appearing in various websites as part of our advertisements, basis which you may receive call from our Customer Service Center and assist you in getting yourself registered on our website/App.. If at any point of time Website/MCL comes to know or is so informed by third party or has reasons to believe that any information provided by you for registration (including photos) or otherwise is found to be untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, Website/MCL shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) your membership/registration and forfeit any amount, If any paid by you towards such membership/registration fee and refuse to provide HM service to you thereafter.
C. HM also reserves the right to block your registration on Website/App, if any, in the case of your contact details/links being entered in irrelevant fields or if there are errors in any data entered by the Users during registration.
E. You acknowledge and confirm that your registration with the Website and the usage of HM services is with the bonafide intention to share opinions, interact with experts and ——-. Users are restricted strictly to the registered HM individual member only. Organizations, companies, businesses and/or individuals carrying on similar or competitive business cannot become Users of HM and nor use the HM Service or Users’ data for any commercial purpose, and MCL reserves its right to initiate appropriate legal action for breach of these obligation.

3. Account Security & Usage

You are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of your login credentials such as your user id, password, OTP, etc., and for restricting access to your computer/mobile to prevent unauthorized access to your account. We, as a Company do not ask for Password and you are cautioned not to share your password to any persons. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account including charges resulting from unauthorized use of your account.

4. Role and Responsibility of Users

You may not impersonate someone else (e.g., adopt the identity of a celebrity or an acquaintance), create or use an account for anyone other than yourself, provide an email address other than your own, or create multiple accounts. If you use a pseudonym, take care to note that others may still be able to identify you if, for example, you include identifying information in your posts, use the same account information on other sites, or allow other sites to share information about you with the Website / HM Service.

You agree to use the Website / HM Services only for lawful purposes and that you are responsible for your use of and communications and content you may post via the HM Services. You agree not to post or transmit any unlawful, infringing, threatening, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent, offensive, hateful or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including any material that encourages criminal conduct or conduct that would give rise to civil liability, infringes upon others’ intellectual property rights, impersonates any individual or entity, or otherwise violates any applicable law. You agree not to solicit personal information from minors. You agree not to use the Website / HM Services in any manner that interferes with its normal operation or with any other user’s use of the Website / HM Services. We reserve the right to remove, and to allow certain users to remove, any objectionable Content in our sole discretion.

You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Website / HM Services:
(i)access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Website / HM Service, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of our providers;
(ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures;
(iii)access or search or attempt to access or search the Website / HM Services by any means other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by us, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us; (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Website / HM Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Website / HM Services, or otherwise creating an undue burden on the Website / HM Services.
You may not use manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to “crawl,” “scrape,” or “spider” any page of the Website / HM Services. You will not decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of any part of the Website / HM Services.
You further agree that you will not access the Website / HM Services by any means except through the interface provided by Website for access to the Website / HM Services. Running or displaying the Website / HM Services, or any information or material displayed via the in frames or through similar means on another website or application Websitecwithout the prior authorization of MCL is prohibited. Any permitted links to the Website / HM Services must comply with all applicable laws, rule and regulations.
MCL makes no representation that Materials contained, described or offered via the Website / HM Services are accurate, appropriate or available for use in jurisdictions outside India, or that these Terms of Service comply with the laws of any other country. Visitors who use the Website / HM Services and reside outside India do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable law. You agree that you will not access the Website / HM Services from any territory where its contents are illegal, and that you, and not MCL or its affiliates, are responsible for compliance with applicable law.
Your use of the Website / HM Services is at your own risk, including the risk that you might be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, objectionable, or otherwise inappropriate.

A. I. MCL do not authenticate/endorse any information of any profile and hence you as a user need to verify the credentials and information provided by other users.
Any information / data required by HM for using the HM services shall be provided by the User, as and when so sought by HM.
C.. MCL shall not be liable for short coming due to any misrepresentations made by any of its Users/Counsellors/Consultants/Advisors.
D. MCL shall in no manner be responsible for the authenticity of the credentials of any User and we shall not be liable for any misbehavior/ misrepresentations made by other User(s) to you during posts in the forum threads , video call or any form of physical or virtual communication. Please check “Safe Matrimony” link in the website/Apps for guidance. E. Providing inaccurate / false information shall be treated as violation of terms and conditions and MCL shall at any point of time has reasons to believe that any information provided by you for registration (including photos) or otherwise is found to be untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, MCL shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) your registration/account and forfeit any amount, if any paid by you towards the registration and refuse to provide access to the Website / HM services to you thereafter.
F. HM also reserves the right to block the registration of your profile on Website/App, if any, in the case of your contact details/links being entered in irrelevant fields or if there are errors in any data entered by the BM members in their profile.

G. Users are advised to refrain from : i. Entering into any financial transactions with other users. Users shall not seek financial help or provide financial help from / to the other Users ii. Using abusive language when they communicate with the other Users or while posting any content / opinion iii. being discriminative or using racial comments etc. iv. Sharing of confidential and personal data with each other including but not limited to sharing of bank details, etc. vi. violating any law for the time being in force. N. Users agree to use secure devices, software and networks in a private place for accessing the Website / HM services. O. Users shall not use any kind of Bots like web robots, Chatbot or any other automated processes/programs/scripts to use, communicate or respond in HM Website/App. P. Users shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerabilities of the Website/App or any network connected to the Website/App nor breach the security measures instituted by the Website. Q. You shall also not make any payment / transfer any amount to account of any MCL employees. All payments, if any shall be made only to HM account. R. Users are expected to approach MCL to resolve their complaints and grievances and hereby irrevocably consent that they shall not air their grievance/complaints in social media.

6. Customer Care / Customer Service In the event you come across any concerns in our service, then please be free to contact us: Email ID : helpdesk@happymarriages.com Contact No : +91-8144998877 Address : Matrimony.com Limited No.94, TVH Beliciaa Towers, Tower – 2, 2/11/22, 2:23 PM 5/12 5 th Floor, MRC Nagar, Chennai, TamilNadu – 600 028

7. Medium of Communication to Users A. Users hereby consents for receiving communication including promotional communications through any medium of communications such as electronic mails, calls, SMS or through Whatsapp messages from MCL or other portals owned by MCL or their alliance partners. B. Website by its automatic system sends to its Users (s) profile of counsellor(s)(or) advisors(s) by way of images/ documents/ messages / links. User confirms that the mobile number submitted to it for verification or alternative number if any provided, is not registered with the Do Not Disturb / National Customer Preference Register and they shall not initiate any complaint. User further confirms that even if a User is registered with the telecom service provider under the category Do Not Disturb / National Customer Preference Register the calls from the Website / HM Services either to the verified mobile number or alternative number if any provided shall not be treated as promotional calls.

User Content

When using Website you may submit comments on articles, blog posts and other Forum Threads, Content as well as participate in Forum discussions. All User Content is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such content. You acknowledge that all Content transmitted or accessed by you using the Website / HM Service, is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible and liable for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom. You remain solely responsible for all Content that you transmit in connection with the Website / HM Service, and you warrant that you possess all rights necessary to provide such Content and that you do not violate any third party’s rights in providing such Content. We reserve the right to remove, and to allow certain users to remove, any objectionable Content in our sole discretion. You understand that by providing Content publicly in connection with the Website / HM Service, you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable and transferable right to fully use such Content (including all related intellectual property rights) in connection with our business. For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, any comments on blog posts or articles, forum posts, information, opinions, advise, data, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible through the Website / HM Service. Users are warned that the website may contain sexually explicit matters. If you find these materials offensive, you may not want to use our website. The Site and its Content are provided on an “as is” basis.

8. Confidentiality

Any feedback/testimony/information/blogs or any form of details you provide to Website / MCLshall be deemed to be non-confidential. Website / MCL shall be free to use such feedback/information on an unrestricted basis. Further, by submitting the feedback, you represent and warrant that (i) your feedback does not contain confidential or proprietary information of yourself or third parties; (ii) User is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the feedback; (iii) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Website /MCL for the feedback under any circumstances. User understands that by providing Content publicly in connection with the Website / HM Service, you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicenseable and transferable right to fully use such Content (including all related intellectual property rights) in connection with our business. For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, any comments on blog posts or articles, opinions, forum posts, information, data, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible through the Website / HM Service. Website / MCL and its licensees may publicly display advertisements and other information adjacent to or included with your Content. You are not entitled to any compensation for such advertisements. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising are subject to change without specific notice to you.

9. Privacy of Membership

To protect your privacy and understand our practices as amended from time to time , please read and follow our Privacy Policy which also governs your visit to the Website and other websites owned by MCL, the personal information / data provided to us by you during the course of usage of the Website / HM Services will be treated as confidential and in accordance with the Privacy policy and applicable laws and regulations. If you object to your information being transferred or used, please do not use the website.

10. Grievance Officer

In the event you come across any violation by another user including but not limited to having content in the web site that is obscene, menacing, grossly offensive, harming minors, infringing copyright, patents, etc., or another user is impersonating etc. you may then please be free to provide your concerns in writing or email us with digital signature to: Email: grievanceofficer@matrimony.com, Grievance Officer: ……………………………Contact Address :M/s. Matrimony.com Limited, No.94, TVH Beliciaa Towers, Tower – 2, 5th Floor, MRC Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600028 The Grievance office shall be available between 10 am till 6 pm Indian Standard Time from Monday to Saturday excluding Sunday and public holidays in India. The Grievance officer is appointed as per Rule 3 (11) of The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011. Any and all complaints to the Grievance Officer shall be in writing.
The Grievance Officer shall handle complaints in relation to the following violation by the User of computer resource as the User is not entitled to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information on the Website/App that –
A. belongs to another person and to which the User does not have any right to;
B. is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever;
C. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
D. violates any law for the time being in force;
E. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
F. impersonate another person;
G. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
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 cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.

11. Disputes between Members

A. Users are solely responsible for the communications (through any medium) with other members/advisors/counsellors/3rd parties or vice versa. Website / MCL expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any monetary (or) other transaction(s) or exchange(s) or interaction(s) or passing of information(s) / advise / suggestions etc. between any Users inter se via e-mail, chat, interaction, Whatsapp or any other medium of communication between Users either using website /App or otherwise.
B. Website / MCL has no obligation, to monitor any such disputes arising between the Users, and Website / MCL shall not be party to any such dispute/litigation etc.
C. Website shall not be construed as a broker or the agent of any User, and Website / MCL does not partake in the exchange of any kind of discussion between the Users and other users/participants or the results of their discussion.

12. Content Right

A. You agree that all content of Website belong to MCL excluding your or third party content including advertisement on the Website/App for which Website / MCL has requisite license/right in terms hereof to display the same on our Website/App.
B. You acknowledge that you alone are responsible and liable for the content (mandatory or optional content you provided on our website) and information including the profile details, photograph and other content(s) keyed in the relevant field of the Website/App at the time of the creation of the User Login or subsequently modified by you and also for all the post and communication with other User(s). You hereby represent and warrant that you own all rights, title and interest in your content/information blog posts, threads, discussions, videos, articles, etc., or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to provide the said content/information blog posts, videos, articles, etc.,. However, by submitting the content/information blog posts, videos, articles, etc., to the Website , you hereby grant Website / MCL a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, publish, communicate to the public, law enforcement agencies, courts, and the MCL’s business and services, including without limitation for promoting, communicating to the public and redistributing part or all of the content/information blog posts, videos, articles, etc., (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.
C. While HM does not accept any obligation to monitor the content/information in your profile, if the content/information is found not to be in compliance with these Terms and conditions, HM may delete the content/information and / or terminate or suspend your registration and you shall waive any claim towards refund, if any. You agree that if the situation warrants HM may at its sole discretion put restriction on any HM member to other member’s communications.
D. MCL reserves the right to proceed/initiate appropriate steps under the prevailing law against infringement by violators of the its proprietary rights or for illegally copying, modifying, publishing, transmitting, distributing, performing, displaying, or selling of any such proprietary information including using it for commercial purpose in any manner whatsoever.

13 . Consultants / Counsellors

All content found on the Website, including: text, images, audio, or other formats were created for informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a physical or mental health condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Website. You may be offered access to a Consultant / Counsellor through Website. Services provided by such Consultant / Counsellor will be subject to a separate Agreement between yourself and the Consultant / Counsellor. Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Website / HM Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. Under no circumstances shall Website / MCL or any of its owners, officers, agents, employees, or affiliates be in any way liable under any circumstances for any claim resulting from your engagement of a Consultant / Counsellor.
Find a Consultant / Counsellor
The Website will provide a directory of Consultant / Counsellor under the “Find a Consultant / Counsellor.” hyperlink Inclusion in “Find a Consultant / Counsellor” (the “Directory”) cannot serve as a guaranteed indication that a particular therapist, physician, lawyer, counsellor or other expert is currently or properly licensed or has met educational requirements. Website / MCL cannot and does not warrant that the mental health care providers, medical providers, legal providers or any other type of providers listed in the Directory are currently or properly licensed. Under no circumstances should the Website be used to verify the credentials of mental health care providers, medical providers, or any other type of providers. Please contact the appropriate authorities to verify the licensure of an individual mental health provider or the correct state or central agency to verify the licensure or certification of any physician. Furthermore, Website / MCL does not examine, determine, or warrant the competence of any mental health care provider, medical provider, or any other type of provider listed in the Directory.
Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Website / HM Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals.

Medical Advice

If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the emergency department, or call the nearest medical practitioner immediately. Website / MCL does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, therapists, physicians, products, procedures, The Website may contain health or medical-related materials or discussions regarding opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on THE website. Reliance on any information provided by website / MCL or any of its employees, contracted writers, or medical professionals presenting content for publication is solely at your own risk.

13. Third Party website

A. User understand and agree that Website may allow third parties to put up advertisements on the application/Website and Website does not control the contents of such third party advertisement on the application/Website. Third party websites to which links are given on Website/App are not governed by these Terms and conditions and all such third party websites are governed by their own terms and conditions for use and privacy policy, and in case of conflict the terms and conditions of the third party website shall prevail. The Company does not in any manner whatsoever authenticate, endorse, verify or certify these third party websites or any contents therein. Please note that a user shall click on links to third party websites at his / her sole risk and responsibility. Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Website / HM Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals.
B. The Users agrees and understands that Website may also allow third parties to provide Users services on the website/App like therapy, marriage counselling, horoscope matching etc., and you may at your own risk and cost make any payment for such third party services to you and HM shall be at liberty to have a revenue sharing arrangement with such third party, however in no event shall Website / MCL be liable to you for such third party services.
C. You are advised that other websites on the Internet, including third party websites linked from the happymarriages.com Service, might contain material or information: that some people may find offensive or inappropriate; that is inaccurate, untrue, misleading or deceptive; or that is defamatory, libelous, infringing of others’ rights or otherwise unlawful. happymarriages.com expressly disclaims any responsibility for the content, legality, decency or accuracy of any information, and for any products and services, that appear on any third party website. Website reserves the right to add/delete/alter/modify/suspend any or all the HM services at any time as it may deem fit, without notice. The Users are expected to see the change on the Website/App.

14. Limitation of liability

A. MCL / HM or its Office bearers shall under no circumstances be liable or responsible to the HM member or his/her authorized Representative or Registrant or any third party for any direct, indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages of any character including, without limitation, damages resulting from the use of our Website/App/Third Party Website/ HM services. B. HM informs you that the exchange of profile(s) through or by HM should not in any way be construed as a matrimonial offer and/or recommendation and / or advice or guarantee given to the HM member, from/ or by HM. C. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Website / MCL’s liability to you for any cause whatsoever, and regardless of the form of the action, will at all times be limited to the amount paid, if any, by you to Website, for any specific Website paid package, and no further.
15. MCL / Website will not be liable in case of any wrong/improper advice/counselling as a result of 3rd party websites/ experts / counsellors available in the happymarriages.com website.
16. MCL / Website or its office bearers shall under no circumstances be liable, if any, for the HM member entering into financial transaction with any other HM member or any third party.

17. Class Action Suits

You acknowledge and confirm that you will not bring or participate in any class action or other class proceeding in connection with any dispute with Website / MCL. Further neither you nor Website / MCL agrees to class arbitration.

18. General

In the event you file a false complaint against another prospect on our Website /App and consequently we have suspended/deleted that prospects profile based on your complaint, then we reserve our right to initiate appropriate legal (Civil/Criminal) action against you and claim any and all costs expenses from you, for such irresponsible/misrepresentation/illegal/unlawful action. We also reserve our right to suspend your profile and forfeit any and all amounts, if any paid by you for the HM services.
19. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, HM reserves the absolute right to delete, in any manner as it deems fit, any content of any profile listing placed on HM/website/App (once such instance come to BM notice) in order to ensure, that proper consent has been obtained by you , prima facie accuracy and the prevailing laws in force for the time being, especially those relating to providing any obscene, libelous, blasphemous, slanderous, defamatory or invasive of another person’s (deceased or alive) right of privacy or publicity, or that may reasonably be deemed to be harmful, vulgar, pornographic, abusive, harassing, threatening, hateful, objectionable with respect to race, religion, creed, nationality, gender or otherwise unfit for reproduction; or suggests or encourages unfair or illegal /indecent, unlawful activity. HM also reserves the right to block/ delete / suspend the profile which might be offensive, illegal or that might violate the rights, harm or threaten the safety of our office bearers/employees (including undue communication with any employee) and/or other registered users or using our HM website/App as a means of communication while sending messages to other Users In case of conflict between the terms and condition of Website/App and terms and conditions of any other website including other websites of MCL, the terms and condition of HM Website/App shall prevail for the service provided through this Website/App.

24. Disclaimer

A. Your access to and use of the HM services or any content is at your own risk. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE HMSERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, HM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. BM does not warrant that the Website/App, its servers, or e-mail sent from HM are free of viruses or other harmful components. HM will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this HM Website/App, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages. B. C. HM does not warrant or guarantee the suitability or availability of any Material or Content, including without limitation any local enrichment class, data, products or services, found through the website.
D. Notwithstanding anything contrary contained anywhere, under no circumstances, HM shall be held responsible or liable whatsoever or howsoever, arising out of, relating to or connected with: i. any act or omission done by HM/MCL/payment gateway/alliance partner etc.; ii. any untrue or incorrect information submitted by you or on your behalf; iii. any decision taken by you or on your behalf or any consequences thereof, based on any information provided by any other user (including suspension/deletion of the profile from HM); iv. any unauthorized or illegal act done by any third party relating to or connected with any information submitted by you or on your behalf; v. any cyber crime attempted or committed by anyone and vi. any incident of force-majeure or ‘act of god’. vii. Any issue already stated in these terms and conditions including limitation of liability clause of these terms and conditions. viii. Using/availing of third party services namely therapy or expert opinion including but not limited to any advice / counselling services etc. and for paying them through the Website. ix. HM shall not be liable for the outcome of during any interaction in a meeting, call, sms, chat, email or social media posts at any point of time x. Any issues relating to any technical malfunction of any telecommunication network, software, hardware failures, network congestion, denial of service, failure due to spamming or any combination of the above.
E. You expressly agree that your use of this Website/App is at your sole risk and HM does not screen the authenticity or quality of any Material or Content or any provider of Material or Content.
F. We are not liable to you for any damage or alteration to your equipment including but not limited to computer equipment, hand-held device or mobile telephones as a result of the installation or use of the app. We are not liable to you for any damage or alteration to your equipment including but not limited to computer equipment, hand-held device or mobile telephones as a result of the installation or use of the app.
G. HM makes no representations or promises regarding any Material or Content, and that many of the Material or Content provided via the HM Service may be owned or licensed by third parties.
H. HM is not a party to any transaction between you and any provider of products or services via the HM Service. Any dispute shall be resolved between yourself and the provider of such products or services.
I. Any information, including any data, Materials, or Content on the happymarriages.com Service, including on any Facebook, Instagram or Twitter page, are for informational purposes only.
J. You assume all risk when using the happymarriages.com Service, including all of the risks associated with any online or offline interactions with other users, providers of products and services, and from additional fees or charges from your mobile carrier.
K. You are of legal age to form a binding contract and are at least 18 years or age or you have the authority of such legal entity to form a binding contract; all registration information you submit is accurate and truthful; you will maintain the accuracy of such information; and you are legally permitted to use and access the happymarriages.com Service and take full responsibility for the selection and use of and access to the happymarriages.com Service.

25. Indemnity

By using our HM services you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HM, its subsidiaries, affiliates, Directors, officers, agents, and other partners and employees, fully indemnified and harmless from any loss, damage, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any person through improper use of the service provided by HM. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive in perpetuity.

26 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

A. The registration of registration and all HM services are deemed to have been entered into within the territorial Jurisdiction of Chennai, India.
B. The Users unconditionally agree that all such disputes and / or differences if any shall be governed by the Laws of India and submitting to the exclusive Jurisdiction of appropriate court of law in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.