Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions - Vruddhi Mart E-Commerce Pvt Ltd (“Vruddhi Mart”)
Personal Information:
This document is an electronic record in terms of The Information Technology Act, 2000 ( "IT Act") and rules thereunder, and is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) under IT Act which mandates for publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access or usage of the Website and application. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
Vruddhi Mart E-Commerce Pvt Ltd (“Vruddhi Mart”) is the licensed owner of the brand Vruddhi Mart and the website vruddhimart.com (”The Site”) as well as Vruddhi Mart mobile application (“App”), respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy provides succinctly the manner your data is collected and used by Vruddhi Mart on the Site & App. As a visitor to the Site/App Customer, you are advised to please read the Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing the services provided by the Site/App you agree to the collection and use of your data by Vruddhi Mart in the manner provided in this Privacy Policy.
Services Overview:
As part of the registration process on the Site/App, Vruddhi Mart may collect the following personally identifiable information about you: Name including first and last name, alternate email address, mobile phone number and contact details, Postal code, Demographic profile (like your age, gender, occupation, education, address etc.) and information about the pages on the site/app you visit/access, the links you click on the site/app, the number of times you access the page and any such browsing information.
Eligibility:
Services of the Site/App would be available to only select geographies in India. Persons who are "incompetent to contract" within the meaning of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 including un-discharged insolvents etc. are not eligible to use the Site/App. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years but at least 13 years of age you may use the Site/App only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use. If your age is below 18 years your parents or legal guardians can transact on behalf of you if they are registered users. You are prohibited from purchasing any material which is for adult consumption and the sale of which to minors is prohibited
License & Site/App Access:
Vruddhi Mart grants you a limited sub-license to access and make personal use of this site/app and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Vruddhi Mart. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site/app or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site/app or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site/app or any portion of this site/app may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Vruddhi Mart. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of the Site/App or of Vruddhi Mart and its affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing the Site’s/App’s or Vruddhi Mart’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of Vruddhi Mart. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Vruddhi Mart.
Account & Registration Obligations:
All shoppers have to register and login for placing orders on the Site/App. You have to keep your account and registration details current and correct for communications related to your purchases from the site/app. By agreeing to the terms and conditions, the shopper agrees to receive promotional communication and newsletters upon registration. The customer can opt out either by unsubscribing in "My Account" or by contacting the customer service.
Customer Credit Limit, Gift Vouchers Limit & Free Delivery Limit:
Customer Credit Limit, Gift Vouchers Limit & Free Delivery Limit are assigned to the account holders based on internal Vruddhi Mart credit/benefit criteria (Vruddhi Mart will provide updates to Account Holder). These limits are auto displayed or auto communicated via website/app after valid login, of the account holder during the usage/active period.
Customer Credit Limit, Gift Vouchers Limit & Free Delivery Limits are communicated to the account holder after every order completion as per policies. The Available benefits (i.e. the Customer Credit Limit, Gift Vouchers Limit & Free Delivery Limits) for usage at the time of account view or the statement generation is provided as a part of the statement. Vruddhi Mart will review the account holder, account periodically, and increase or decrease the account holder all limits based on internal criteria or usage calculations. Vruddhi Mart Customer account holders seeking to have their credit limit increased can do so by using more and more shopping.
Pricing:
All the products listed on the Site/App of Vruddhi Mart will be sold at MRP unless otherwise specified. The prices mentioned at the time of ordering will be the prices charged on the date of the delivery. Although prices of most of the products do not fluctuate on a daily basis but some of the commodities and fresh food prices do change on a daily basis. In case the prices are higher or lower on the date of delivery, no additional charges will be collected or refunded as the case may be at the time of the delivery of the order.
Delivery/Shipment of Product:
Delivery of the Products under your Order in the Vruddhi Mart Website/App shall be made as per our Delivery/shipment policy mentioned herein. Title of the Product shall pass on to you upon receipt of payment.
Shipping Charges:
Home Delivery charges & Speed Delivery charges will be extra for each delivery. However Vruddhi Mart running special promotions / offers for their Customers or prescribe minimum order value for each transaction to waive the delivery charges or adjust Free Delivery Points.
Order Tracking:
Once your order has been dispatched from our delivery point, an email or an SMS will be sent to you on the email address and mobile number provided by you under "Billing Address" and Order placed with Us. You can track your order online by the ID Tracking number sent to you by us on your Mobile/Email ID.
You may also log on to your account on the Vruddhi Mart website/app or use the "Track my Order" link on the website/app to track your order.
Cancellation by Site / Customer:
You as a customer can cancel your order anytime up to the cut-off time of the slot for which you have placed an order by calling our customer service. In such a case we will refund any payments already made by you for the order. If we suspect any fraudulent transaction by any customer or any transaction which defies the terms & conditions of using the website/app, we at our sole discretion could cancel such orders. We will maintain a negative list of all fraudulent transactions and customers and would deny access to them or cancel any orders placed by them.
Return & Refunds:
We have a "no questions asked return and refund policy" which entitles all our members to return the product at the time of delivery if due to some reason they are not satisfied with the quality or freshness of the product. We will take the returned product back with us and issue a credit note for the value of the return products which will be credited to your account on the Site/App. This can be used to pay your subsequent shopping bills.
ALL RETURNS, EXCHANGE AND CANCELLATION OF PRODUCTS ARE SUBJECT TO MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTIES AND AS PER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS - VRUDDHI MART E-COMMERCE PVT LTD.
Delivery Locations:
We currently deliver orders to selected pin codes/areas across a city/town/district/block/panchayat/village within India only. You may check the delivery serviceability of your area/locality with our customer care/support team at 9337155670
Marketing Activities:
When Vruddhi Mart account holder, vendor, or any other engage in marketing in connection, they are considered the sender of any marketing communication they initiate and are responsible for their own compliance under applicable marketing and telecommunications laws.
This means, among other things, that they must not send unsolicited commercial or marketing-related messages and must respect unsubscribe and do not contact requests, as required under applicable law.
Special Promotions:
From time to time, Vruddhi Mart Referrers may be offered special promotions ("Special Promotion"), and special links ("Personal Bonus Link") to use. These Special Promotions may be offered to some, or all Users, depending upon your Credit status, your geographic location, or for other reasons, where applicable of all types of referral activities. Such Special Promotions are for a limited time and will give Referrers (and in some cases, Referred Customers) additional perks and rewards as decided my Vruddhi Mart. Additional terms, including expiration dates for any Special Promotion will be provided with the Special Promotion. During Special Promotions, Referrers may use either their Personal Link, or their Personal Link provided at website/app, and will receive Credit based upon the specific link used. Vruddhi Mart has the rights to maintain the promotion and referral Strategy as per their own policies. Sorry, during any Special Promotion, the Referrer will only receive the identified credit outlined Special Promotion only if the Referred User completes the task prior to the end date of the Special Promotion period or decided by Vruddhi Mart.
You Agree and Confirm:
That in the event that a non-delivery occurs on account of a mistake by you (i.e. wrong name or address or any other wrong information) any extra cost incurred by Vruddhi Mart for redelivery shall be claimed from you.
That you will use the services provided by the Site/App, its affiliates, consultants and contracted companies, for lawful purposes only and comply with all applicable laws and regulations while using and transacting on the Site/App.
You will provide authentic and true information in all instances where such information is requested of you. Vruddhi Mart reserves the right to confirm and validate the information and other details provided by you at any point of time. If upon confirmation your details are found not to be true (wholly or partly), it has the right in its sole discretion to reject the registration and debar you from using the Services and / or other affiliated websites & app without prior intimation whatsoever.
You authorize Vruddhi Mart to contact you for any transactional purposes related to your order/account.
That you are accessing the services available on this Site/App and transacting at your sole risk and are using your best and prudent judgment before entering into any transaction through this Site/App.
That the address at which delivery of the product ordered by you is to be made will be correct and proper in all respects.
That before placing an order you will check the product description carefully. By placing an order for a product you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale included in the item's description.
You may not use the Site/App for any of the following purposes:
Disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material.
Transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offense or results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice.
Gaining unauthorized access to other computer systems.
Interfering with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Site.
Breaching any applicable laws;
Interfering or disrupting networks or web sites connected to the Site/App.
Making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner Vruddhi Mart.
Colours:
We have made every effort to display the colours of our products that appear on the Website/App as accurately as possible. However, as the actual colours you see will depend on your monitor/screen you are using, we cannot guarantee that your monitor's/screen display of any colour will be accurate.
Modification of Terms & Conditions of Service:
Vruddhi Mart may at any time modify the Terms & Conditions of Use of the Website/App without any prior notification to you. You can access the latest version of these Terms & Conditions at any given time on the Site/App. You should regularly review the Terms & Conditions on the Site/App. In the event the modified Terms & Conditions is not acceptable to you, you should discontinue using the Service. However, if you continue to use the Service you shall be deemed to have agreed to accept and abide by the modified Terms & Conditions of Use of this Site/App.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction:
This User Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the applicable laws of India. The Courts at Bhubaneswar/Cuttack shall have exclusive jurisdiction in any proceedings arising out of this agreement. Any dispute or difference either in interpretation or otherwise, of any terms of this User Agreement between the parties hereto, the same shall be referred to an independent arbitrator who will be appointed by Vruddhi Mart and his decision shall be final and binding on the parties hereto. The above arbitration shall be in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 as amended from time to time. The arbitration shall be held in Bhubaneswar/Cuttack. The High Court of judicature at Bhubaneswar/Cuttack alone shall have the jurisdiction and the Laws of India shall apply.
Reviews, Feedback, Submissions:
All reviews, comments, feedback, postcards, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to the Site/App on or by this Site/App or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Site/App (collectively, the "Comments") shall be and remain the property of Vruddhi Mart. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to Vruddhi Mart of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, Vruddhi Mart owns exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments. Vruddhi Mart will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, modify, adapt, create derivative works from, publish, display and distribute any Comments you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. Vruddhi Mart is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay you any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments. You agree that any Comments submitted by you to the Site/App will not violate this policy or any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s), and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further agree that no Comments submitted by you to the Website/App will be or contain libellous or otherwise unlawful, threatening, abusive or obscene material, or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of "spam". Vruddhi Mart does not regularly review posted Comments, but does reserve the right (but not the obligation) to monitor and edit or remove any Comments submitted to the Site/App. You grant Vruddhi Mart the right to use the name that you submit in connection with any Comments. You agree not to use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any Comments you submit. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you make and you agree to indemnify Vruddhi Mart and its affiliates for all claims resulting from any Comments you submit. Vruddhi Mart and its affiliates take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Comments submitted by you or any third party.
Copyright & Trademark:
Vruddhi Mart and its suppliers and licensors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text, programs, products, processes, technology, content and other materials, which appear on this Site/App. Access to this Website/App does not confer and shall not be considered as conferring upon anyone any license under any of Vruddhi Mart or any third party's intellectual property rights. All rights, including copyright, in this website/app are owned by or licensed to Vruddhi Mart. Any use of this website/app or its contents, including copying or storing it or them in whole or part, other than for your own personal, non-commercial use is prohibited without the permission of Vruddhi Mart. You may not modify, distribute or re-post anything on this website for any purpose. The names and logos and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Vruddhi Mart, its affiliates, its partners or its suppliers. All other marks are the property of their respective companies. No trademark or service mark license is granted in connection with the materials contained on this Site/App. Access to this Site/App does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo or mark in any manner. References on this Site/App to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third party sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not in any way constitute or imply Vruddhi Mart endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party, information, product or service. Vruddhi Mart is not responsible for the content of any third party sites/app and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of material on such sites/app. If you decide to link to any such third party websites/app, you do so entirely at your own risk. All materials, including images, text, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, programs, music clips or downloads, video clips and written and other materials that are part of this Website/App (collectively, the "Contents") are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use. You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable materials displayed on the Website/App for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Website/App or any related software. All software used on this Website/App is the property of Vruddhi Mart or its licensees and suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The Contents and software on this Website may be used only as a shopping resource. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the Contents on this Website/App is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise noted, all Contents are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by Vruddhi Mart, one of its affiliates or by third parties who have licensed their materials to Vruddhi Mart and are protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all Contents on this Website/App is the exclusive property of Vruddhi Mart and is also protected by Indian and international copyright laws.
Objectionable Material:
You understand that by using this Site/App or any services provided on the Site/App, you may encounter Content that may be deemed by some to be offensive, indecent, or objectionable, which Content may or may not be identified as such. You agree to use the Site/App and any service at your sole risk and that to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, Vruddhi Mart and its affiliates shall have no liability to you for Content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable to you.
Indemnity:
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Vruddhi Mart, its employees, directors, officers, agents and their successors and assigns from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, caused by or arising out of claims based upon your actions or inactions, which may result in any loss or liability to Vruddhi Mart or any third party including but not limited to breach of any warranties, representations or undertakings or in relation to the non-fulfilment of any of your obligations under this User Agreement or arising out of your violation of any applicable laws, regulations including but not limited to Intellectual Property Rights, payment of statutory dues and taxes, the claim of libel, defamation, violation of rights of privacy or publicity, loss of service by other subscribers and infringement of intellectual property or other rights. This clause shall survive the expiry or termination of this User Agreement.
Termination:
This User Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or Vruddhi Mart. You may terminate this User Agreement at any time, provided that you discontinue any further use of this Site/App. Vruddhi Mart may terminate this User Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly, deny you access to the Site/App, Such termination will be without any liability to Vruddhi Mart. Upon any termination of the User Agreement by either you or Vruddhi Mart, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site/App, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the User Agreement or otherwise. Vruddhi Mart's right to any Comments shall survive any termination of this User Agreement. Any such termination of the User Agreement shall not cancel your obligation to pay for the product already ordered from the Website/App or affect any liability that may have arisen under the User Agreement.
