1. Introduction

1.1. SGP & Associates ("we", "us", "our") is a Company Secretaries firm. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern the User ("you", "your", "yourself") and the basis on which you are allowed access to our website (www.sgpassociates.com) ("Website").

1.2. ACCESSING, BROWSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE WEBSITE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY. THEREFORE, PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.

2. Terms of Use

2.1. Our Website is available only to Users over the age of legal majority, who can form legally binding agreement(s) under applicable law. Any use or access by anyone under the age of 18 years is prohibited. If the User is under the age of 18 years, the User may access this Website only with the consent and supervision of their parent or legal guardian, provided that such parent or legal guardian agrees to be bound by the Terms, and provides consent on the minor's behalf, in all cases where such agreement or consent is required. We reserve the right to refuse access to the Website to any prospective Users at any time without according any reasons for doing so.

2.2. By accessing this Website, you agree:

• not to use this Website or its content in contravention of any regulation or legislation;
• not to copy, amend, reproduce or distribute the content, or disclose the content to third parties;
• not to advertise or sell any goods or services to other Users of this Website or to benefit commercially from its content; and
• that you are responsible for any material you send to or upload to this Website and that such material is legal, is not offensive and it does not infringe our rights or those of third parties
• input or upload or provide any information to the Website which contains viruses, trojans, worms, time bombs or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, intercept or expropriate any system.

3. Intellectual Property Rights and Limited License

3.1. The content featured or displayed on this Website and materials provided by us ("Content") is owned by us, our licensors and/or our content providers. All elements of the Website and materials that we provide, including without limitation the design and the Content, are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property. The User will not remove or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices found on this Website or any material that we may provide. Availing our service does not give the User ownership of any intellectual property rights in the Content.

We grant the User a (worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable, revocable), and limited right to access and use the Content, subject to the following:

• The User may access and use the Content solely for personal, informational, and internal purposes, in accordance with the Terms;
• The User shall not modify or alter any Content;
• The User shall not distribute or sell, rent, lease, license or otherwise make the Content available to others in any other manner whatsoever; and
• The User shall not download, print or otherwise copy the Content available on the Website unless otherwise specifically permitted by provision of a Download or Print button. Even where download, printing or copying is permitted, User may do so only for the User's personal, non-commercial use, unless the User obtains our prior written permission to otherwise use the Content.

3.3. All trademarks, service marks and trade names of SGP or its affiliates, vendors, licensors or any other entity that has a professional relationship with us and are used herein (including, but not limited to, the SGP name and the SGP logo) (collectively "Marks") are trademarks or registered trademarks of SGP or our affiliates, vendors,licensors or any other entity that has a professional relationship with us. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute or modify the Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on this Website, without our prior written consent.

4.   No Warranties 

THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE USER ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT ITS OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. THE USER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES IS AT THE USER’S OWN RISK. WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT CONTENT, IN THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES OR ELSEWHERE, WILL BE FREE OF MATERIAL THE USER MAY FIND OBJECTIONABLE OR OTHERWISE INAPPROPRIATE OR OF MALWARE OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT MAY HARM THE USER’S COMPUTER, MOBILE DEVICE, OR ANY FILES THEREIN. WE DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY RELATED TO THE USER’S ACCESS OR USE OF SUCH THIRD-PARTY CONTENT.

5. Limitations and Exclusions of our Liability

5.1. Our Website and its contents are provided for general information purposes only and nothing on our Website or in its contents is intended to provide legal or other professional advice. We do not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information or materials published on the Website. If you wish to find out more about the information in the materials published, please contact us by email.

5.2. We are not responsible or liable for any matter relating to you or any third parties accessing or using this Website and its contents. We do not endorse nor are we responsible for the contents of websites operated by third parties that link to this Website.

5.3. Any links to third-party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. We are not responsible for the content of or any damage that may result from your access to or reliance on these third-party websites. If you link to third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.

5.4. Nothing in this document excludes or limits our liability for fraud or for death or personal injury arising from our negligence or for any other matter in respect of which it would be unlawful or in breach of regulation to limit or exclude liability.

6. Indemnity

The User agrees to defend, hold harmless and indemnify us and our trustees, sponsors, contributors, employees, officers, agents and other Users from and against any claims, actions or demands arising out of, resulting from or in any way related to the User's use of this Website, including any liability or expense arising from any and all claims, losses, damages, suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees, of every kind and nature.

7. Miscellaneous

7.1. Our rights under the Terms and the Privacy Policy may be waived only in writing and specifically.

7.2. We reserve the right to change or update the Terms at any time following notice on our Website. Such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting and it is advised that you refer to the same on a regular basis. Your continued use of our Website after these changes will constitute your acceptance of these changes. If you do not agree with such changes to our Terms, you should immediately cease using our Website.

7.3. Without prejudice to the User's rights under the Terms, if the User breaches the Terms in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending the User's access to the Website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the Website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the Website and/or initiating court proceedings against you.

7.4. We may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under the Terms without notifying the User or obtaining the User's consent. The User shall not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with its rights and/or obligations under the Terms.

7.5. If a provision of the Terms is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue.

7.6. These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy shall be construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any action relating to the Terms shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.