Using the website means you agree to the platform terms, related policies, and member responsibilities.
Terms and Conditions
This page reproduces the supplied terms document inside the existing Vadhuvara theme, covering membership eligibility, registration rules, payments, disputes, and safety standards.
Membership is meant for users pursuing lawful matrimonial alliances and meeting the stated age and legal requirements.
Complaints, grievances, and safety reports in the source document route through support@vadhuvara.org.
Overview and acceptance
Welcome to vadhuvara.org (herein referred as Vadhu Vara).
This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under 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 and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and the terms and conditions for access or usage of www.vadhuvara.org (the "Website").
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. ACCESSING, BROWSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE WEBSITE 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 or Matrimony.com Ltd Services. 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").
In these Terms, references to "Vadhu Vara member" shall mean the end user accessing the Website/Vadhu Vara services, its contents or using the Vadhu Vara Services offered. Vadhu Vara member also includes persons such as father, mother, brother, sister, relative or a friend ("Registrant") of the prospective bride/ bridegroom. The terms "You" and "User" shall be interchangeably used for "Vadhu Vara member". "Vadhu Vara Services" means a collective reference to the Vadhu Vara service provided by Matrimony.com Limited, CIN :* *,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').
Scope
You understand and acknowledge that Vadhu Vara acts as an "Intermediary" as defined under clause (1) sub-clause (w) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Vadhu Vara is a brand owned by Matrimony.Com Limited (MCL) which owns, retains and has complete rights in Vadhu Vara and the Vadhu Vara Website /App/ Vadhu Vara Service.
Vadhu Vara acts as a platform to enable any user to themselves register on it (by filling the mandatory fields and optional fields, if any) to voluntarily search for profile(s) from the database of Vadhu Vara's already registered users, for seeking prospective lawful matrimonial alliances for themselves. Vadhu Vara retail store may also be able to assist you to create your profile, however, you must have a valid/operational mobile phone number and an email id. The profiles in the database of Vadhu Vara are classified broadly on the basis of language and region for the ease and convenience of its member / customer. Vadhu Vara Members are provided with free/paid access for searching profiles from the database of Vadhu Vara, as per the partner preference set by you (on the Website/Applications -(App) and you can shortlist the profiles in which you are interested.
Eligibility :
- A) Vadhu Vara Membership and rights of admission is reserved solely for :
- I. Indian Nationals & Citizens.
- II. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO).
- III. Non Resident Indians (NRI).
- IV. Persons of Indian Descent or Indian Heritage
- B) Further in capacity as Vadhu Vara member you confirm that you are :
- I. 18 years or above (if you are a woman) or 21 years or above (if you are a man);
- II. If you have applied for Divorce, you may register on our website/App by stating "Awaiting Divorce".
- III. If you are a resident of any other Country, you are legally competent to marry as per the local rules applicable to your country and you shall comply with the Indian laws for marrying a person of Indian Origin
- C) In case you are a Registrant of the prospective bride/ bridegroom and has created profile in Vadhu Vara Website/App on behalf of them or is accessing the Vadhu Vara Website/App on behalf of them implies that you have taken their consent for their profile creation in Vadhu Vara and for accessing the Vadhu Vara Website/App.
Registration
- A. We expect that you would complete the online registration process with fairness and honesty in furnishing true, accurate, current, complete information and with providing recent photos of you which will help you to meet your parameters .We expect you to read the relevant column before keying in the details or selecting the option available or uploading the photo. You are requested not to key in details of the profile in field other than the applicable field (including mentioning id's of other platforms/websites/App or repeating your details in another fields, after filling them once in the relevant fields or others photographs. In order to serve you better if Vadhu Vara requires additional details you agree to provide it. You may also give a missed call to any of our retail outlets phone number for us to call you back and assist you in getting your profile registered on our website/App. 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 your profile registered on our website/App. Vadhu Vara may also reproduce your profile information in other matrimonial websites owned by MCL including community based websites to provide better matching Profiles to you.
- B. If at any point of time Vadhu Vara 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, Vadhu Vara shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) your Vadhu Vara membership and forfeit any amount paid by you towards Vadhu Vara membership fee and refuse to provide Vadhu Vara service to you thereafter.
- C. Vadhu Vara 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 Vadhu Vara members in their profile.
- D. Registration of duplicate profiles of the same person is not allowed in Vadhu Vara Website/App. Vadhu Vara shall have full right to suspend or terminate (without any notice) such duplicate profile.
- E. You acknowledge and confirm that your registration with Vadhu Vara and the usage of Vadhu Vara services is with the bonafide intention of marriage and not otherwise. Vadhu Vara Membership is restricted strictly to the registered Vadhu Vara individual member only. Organizations, companies, businesses and/or individuals carrying on similar or competitive business cannot become Members of Vadhu Vara and nor use the Vadhu Vara Service or Vadhu Vara members data for any commercial purpose, and Vadhu Vara reserves its right to initiate appropriate legal action for breach of these obligation.
Account Security
You are responsible for safeguarding the confidentiality of your Vadhu Vara 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.
Role and Responsibility of Vadhu Vara
- A. Vadhu Vara reproduces your details once you register on our website /App on "as is as available" basis and also share your profile with other registered Vadhu Vara members within website(s) of MCL.
- B. Vadhu Vara's obligation is only to provide an interface to its registered members to search their prospect themselves without any assistance.
- C. The profile search conducted by any Vadhu Vara member and the matches shown thereof are automatically generated by Vadhu Vara, and based on the partner preference set by you. In the event of Vadhu Vara member changing their partner preference on the Website/App, then the automated system generated prospect results of the Website/App may also undergo corresponding change.
- D. Vadhu Vara does not prohibit any Vadhu Vara member from sending interest to your profile or communicating to you based on their partner preference. But you are at the liberty to deny their interest or proceed further if you are interested.
- E. Vadhu Vara cannot guarantee or assume responsibility for any specific results from the use of the data available from the Vadhu Vara service or from other matrimonial websites owned by MCL including community based websites.
- F. Vadhu Vara shall safeguard sensitive user information using security standards, authentication mechanisms, access controls and encryption techniques.
- G. Vadhu Vara cannot guarantee the complete protection of user data while it is in transit, or prevent any tampering of the data by a third party with malicious intent before the data reaches the Vadhu Vara servers.
- H. Vadhu Vara has a special safety feature for women, called "Secure Connect", which enables women to take control of their privacy and safety while searching for their life partner. "Secure Connect" has a calling feature that lets the women in Vadhu Vara receive calls from men who have premium membership without revealing their contact numbers to them, It is upto to the women to respond to the other party and Vadhu Vara has no control over the same.
- I. Vadhu Vara 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.
- J. Upon voluntary deletion of your profile, Vadhu Vara shall be fully discharged of its obligations under this agreement and shall not be liable to provide any further service.
Role and Responsibility of Vadhu Vara Member
- A. You, shall safeguard your profile information by creating a strong password during profile creation with combination of alphabets, both upper and lower case and numbers.
- B. Any information / data required by Vadhu Vara for using the Vadhu Vara services shall be provided by the Vadhu Vara Member, as and when so sought by Vadhu Vara.
- C. You are requested to verify the credentials of the prospect, exercise due care and caution regarding their profile information which includes marital status, educational qualifications, financial status, occupation, character, health status, etc. and satisfy yourself before making a choice of your match. Vadhu Vara shall not be liable for short coming due to any misrepresentations made by any of its Vadhu Vara members.
- D. You are required to verify the credentials of the prospect and we shall not be liable for any misbehavior/ misrepresentations made by the Prospect to you during video call. Please check "Safe Matrimony" link in the website/Apps for guidance.
- E. To get better search results, Vadhu Vara Members are expected to provide latest photograph which should not be more than 3 (three) months old. Providing old photographs/ photographs of others, AI generated photographs, inaccurate / false information shall be treated as violation of terms and conditions and Vadhu Vara shall retain their right under clause 2 (B) of this terms and conditions.
- F. Vadhu Vara members are expected to disclose their health records during profile enrollment which includes any pre-existing illness, physical disability etc. Non - disclosure at the time of enrollment shall be treated as violation of the terms and conditions and Vadhu Vara shall retain their right under clause 2 (b) of this terms and conditions.
- G. Vadhu Vara Members are advised to refrain from :
- i. Entering into any financial transactions with prospects. Vadhu Vara Members shall not seek financial help or provide financial help from / to the other Vadhu Vara Members
- ii. Using abusive language when they communicate with the other Vadhu Vara Members
- iii. being discriminative or using racial comments etc.
- iv. Sharing of confidential and personal data with each other but not limited to sharing of bank details, etc.
- v. Entering into physical relationship with any prospect before marriage.
- vi. violating any law for the time being in force.
- vii. From mentioning details of other matrimonial services while sending personalized messages
- H. Vadhu Vara members are expected to visit URL for understanding the safety measures on partner search and awareness towards online safety.
- I. Vadhu Vara Members are expected to be cautious of prospects who ask for favours, money etc or call from multiple phone numbers, only interact over phone, doesn't come forward for face to face meeting (physically or through video calls) and don't involve family and friends in match making. Beware of suspended profiles status before you finalize an alliance with the prospect.
- J. The Vadhu Vara members agrees that for getting effective search results of prospects on Website/App you will regularly log in to the profile maintained in the Website/App and send expression of interest which is an automated messages to prospects as a free Vadhu Vara member, and in the event you have availed paid Vadhu Vara package, you can send personalized messages to prospects to show your expression of interest/replies. Vadhu Vara member also may review the expression of interest sent to you / read the messages sent to you by prospects and may respond suitably.
- K. You also agree that while accessing / using the Website/App, you will be guided by the terms and conditions of the Website/App including but not limited to the use of feature of website /App like chat instantly with prospect, viewing horoscope of prospects, enhancing privacy settings (photo/horoscope/phone number) or for viewing social and professional profile of members on their Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
- L. If the Vadhu Vara Member fails to update in Vadhu Vara website/App, any change in the particulars furnished in their profile/ then the Vadhu Vara membership may be suspended by Vadhu Vara at its sole discretion.
- M. Vadhu Vara member shall, in case of finalization of his/her/their Registrant's marriage, delete their profile by themselves or intimate Vadhu Vara for removal/deletion of their profile.
- N. Vadhu Vara Members agree to use secure devices, software and networks in a private place for accessing the Vadhu Vara services.
- O. Vadhu Vara member shall not use any kind of Bots like web robots, Chatbot or any other automated processes/programs/scripts to use, communicate or respond in Vadhu Vara Website/App.
- P. Vadhu Vara Members shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerabilities of the Vadhu Vara Website/App or any network connected to the Website/App nor breach the security measures instituted by Vadhu Vara.
- Q. You shall also not make any payment / transfer any amount to account of any MCL employees. All payments shall be made only to Vadhu Vara account.
- R. Vadhu Vara members are expected to approach MCL to resolve their complaints and grievances and shall not air their grievance/complaints in social media.
Customer Care / Customer Service
In the event you come across any concerns in our service, then please be free to contact us:
Email ID : support@vadhuvara.org
Contact No : +91-************
Address : myusuru
Medium of Communication to Vadhu Vara Members
- A. Vadhu Vara member 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. Vadhu Vara by its automatic system sends to its member (s) profile (s) of the prospect by way of images/ documents/ messages / links. Vadhu Vara member 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. Vadhu Vara Member further confirms that even if Vadhu Vara Member is registered with the telecom service provider under the category Do Not Disturb / National Customer Preference Register the calls from Vadhu Vara either to the verified mobile number or alternative number if any provided shall not be treated as promotional calls.
- C. You are also entitled to set up your communications frequency from Vadhu Vara, like - only on weekends or fortnightly etc. You may also opt for not getting any call from Vadhu Vara by ticking the appropriate box in the Website/App, provided that, you agree to receive calls from Relationship Manager of Assisted Matrimony/ Elite Matrimony for contacting you as a shortlisted profile for their registered members.
Confidentiality
Any feedback you provide to Vadhu Vara shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Vadhu Vara 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) Vadhu Vara member 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 Vadhu Vara for the feedback under any circumstances.
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 Vadhu Vara and other websites owned by MCL, the personal information / data provided to us by you during the course of usage of Vadhu Vara 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.
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: support@vadhuvara.org,
Grievance Officer: Mr. **********
Contact Address :mysuru
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, store, 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;
- B. is obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another's privacy including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, racially or ethnically objectionable, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion or caste with the intent to incite violence;
- C. is harmful to child;
- D. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
- E. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the message or knowingly and intentionally communicates any misinformation or information which is patently false and untrue or misleading in nature;
- F. impersonates another person;
- G. 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 other nation;
- H. contains software virus or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; (ix) violates any law for the time being in force.
Disputes between Members
- A. Vadhu Vara Members are solely responsible for the communications (through any medium) with prospect or vice versa. Vadhu Vara expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any monetary transaction(s) or exchange(s) or interaction(s) or passing of information(s) etc. between any Vadhu Vara members interest via e-mail, chat, interaction, Whatsapp or any other medium of communication between Vadhu Vara members either using website /App or otherwise.
- B. Vadhu Vara has no obligation, to monitor any such disputes arising between the Vadhu Vara members, and Vadhu Vara shall not be party to any such dispute/litigation etc.
- C. Vadhu Vara is not a broker or the agent of any Vadhu Vara member, and Vadhu Vara does not partake in the exchange of any kind of discussion between the Vadhu Vara members and prospects or the results of their discussion.
Content Right
- A. You agree that all content of Vadhu Vara belong to MCL excluding your or third party content including advertisement on the Website/App for which Vadhu Vara 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 Vadhu Vara profile or subsequently modified by you and also for all the post and communication (including personalized messages sent by Vadhu Vara paid members) with other member(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 Vadhu Vara, you hereby grant Vadhu Vara 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 Vadhu Vara'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.
- C. While Vadhu Vara 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, Vadhu Vara may delete the content/information and / or terminate or suspend your registration or (without a refund of any subscription paid by you in terms of clause 2 (b) of these terms and conditions). You agree that if the situation warrants Vadhu Vara may at its sole discretion put restriction on any Vadhu Vara 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.
Third Party website
- A. Vadhu Vara member understand and agree that Vadhu Vara may allow third parties to put up advertisements on the Vadhu Vara application/Website and Vadhu Vara does not control the contents of such third party advertisement on the Vadhu Vara 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.
- B. The Vadhu Vara members agrees and understands that Vadhu Vara may also allow third parties to provide Vadhu Vara members services on the website/App like horoscope matching etc., and Vadhu Vara may also collect the payment for such third party services to you, and Vadhu Vara in this regard can have revenue sharing arrangement with such third party, however in no event shall Vadhu Vara be liable to you for such third party services.
- C. Vadhu Vara reserves the right to add/delete/alter/modify/suspend any or all the Vadhu Vara Services at any time as it may deem fit, without notice. The Vadhu Vara members are expected to see the change on the Website/App.
Limitation of liability
- A. MCL / Vadhu Vara or its Office bearers shall under no circumstances be liable or responsible to the Vadhu Vara 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/ Vadhu Vara services.
- B. Vadhu Vara informs you that the exchange of profile(s) through or by Vadhu Vara should not in any way be construed as a matrimonial offer and/or recommendation and / or advice or guarantee given to the Vadhu Vara member, from/ or by Vadhu Vara.
- C. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Vadhu Vara'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 Vadhu Vara, for any specific Vadhu Vara paid package, and no further.
Section 15
MCL / Vadhu Vara will not be liable in case of any wrong/improper match made due to unavailability of profiles from Vadhu Vara/MCL's owned other websites.
Section 16
MCL / Vadhu Vara or its office bearers shall under no circumstances be liable, if any, for the Vadhu Vara member entering into financial transaction with any other Vadhu Vara Member or any third party.
Section 17
MCL / Vadhu Vara or its office bearers shall under no circumstances be liable, if any, for any Vadhu Vara members not responding/reciprocating when you approach them for matrimonial alliance
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 Vadhu Vara. Further neither you nor Vadhu Vara agrees to class arbitration.
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 paid by you for the Vadhu Vara services as per clause 2 (b) of these terms and conditions.
Section 20
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Vadhu Vara reserves the absolute right to delete, in any manner as it deems fit, any content of any profile listing placed on Vadhu Vara/website/App (once such instance come to Vadhu Vara 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. Vadhu Vara 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 prospects or using our Vadhu Vara website/App as a means of communication while sending messages to other Vadhu Vara members regarding their profile identity in other matrimonial websites.
Section 21
Once your paid membership expires, you cannot avail the unexpired balance phone call count/ unexpired SMS . Similarly, you cannot access the already viewed Vadhu Vara member(s) contact information unless you renew your account within 30 days
Section 22
However on renewal, the unexpired phone call / SMS shall be carried forward to your account from the last day of expiry.
Section 23
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 Vadhu Vara Website/App shall prevail for the service provided through this Website/App.
Disclaimer
- A. Your access to and use of the Vadhu Vara Services or any content is at your own risk. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE VADHU VARA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VADHU VARA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Vadhu Vara does not warrant that the Website/App, its servers, or e-mail sent from Vadhu Vara are free of viruses or other harmful components. Vadhu Vara will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this Vadhu Vara Website/App, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.
- B. Vadhu Vara does not give any implied or explicit guarantee or warranty of marriage or alliance by you choosing to register on our Website/App and using Vadhu Vara services (both paid and free).
- C. Notwithstanding anything contrary contained anywhere, under no circumstances, Vadhu Vara shall be held responsible or liable whatsoever or howsoever, arising out of, relating to or connected with:
- i. any act or omission done by Vadhu Vara/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 Vadhu Vara);
- 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 horoscope matching services etc. and for paying them through the Website.
- ix. Vadhu Vara 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.
- D. You expressly agree that your use of this Website/App is at your sole risk.
- E. 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.
Indemnity
By using our Vadhu Vara services you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Vadhu Vara, 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 Vadhu Vara. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive in perpetuity.
Termination
- A. We/ Vadhu Vara in good faith reserve our right to terminate your Vadhu Vara membership or suspend/delete your profile at our sole discretion without any notice to you and take any action as mentioned in clause 2 (b) of the Terms and Conditions, in case you
- I. seek physical / financial favors from our other registered members or
- II. have provided incorrect information on our website/App or
- III. have committed any fraudulent/ unlawful/ illegal activities through the use of our website/App or
- IV. have violated this Terms and conditions or
- V. have misappropriated the name, likeness, email address, contact no or other personally identifiable information of another Vadhu Vara member created a profile on our website /App by impersonation/ fake/ bogus/ false/ misrepresentation/ without consent of the person who's profile is being registered or use only part information including using photo of third parties without the permission of such third parties or act with other members/employees in indecent/improper manner,
- B. If Vadhu Vara receives any complaint against you and consequently we have suspended/deleted your profile in good faith, then we shall not be liable to you in any manner whatsoever, including for any loss, costs, expenses, or consequence, if any.
- C. Unless otherwise provided in these Terms and Conditions, Vadhu Vara membership may be terminated by Vadhu Vara / you without assigning any reasons by serving 7 ( seven) days written notice on the other, all amount paid till date by you to Vadhu Vara shall be forfeited.
- D. Upon termination / suspension of Vadhu Vara membership, your right to use or access the Vadhu Vara Website/App Vadhu Vara services will cease immediately. All provisions of this terms and conditions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, disclaimers, and limitations of liability. Termination of your access to and use of the Vadhu Vara Services shall not relieve you of any obligations arising or accruing prior to such termination.
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law
- A. The registration of Vadhu Vara membership and all Vadhu Vara services are deemed to have been entered into within the territorial Jurisdiction of Mysuru, India.
- B. The Vadhu Vara Members 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 Mysuru,Karnataka, India.
Mode of Payment
- A. Payment made by cash / cheque / Net Banking / Debit / Credit Card/ Paypal/ RTGS/ NEFT/ would be in accordance with the prevailing RBI guidelines. Activation of paid Vadhu Vara service shall be subject to realization of the said payment. In case of dishonor of Cheque/demand draft; you shall be liable to pay applicable bank's cheque/DD bouncing charges. Further Vadhu Vara service to your account will be deactivated / suspended until you settle the value of the payment and applicable bank charges in cash.
- B. Vadhu Vara uses third party payment gateways for collection payment through credit/debit card or other payment instruments. You agree to provide us with your Permanent Account Number / Form 60/61 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and rules thereunder in the event you choose any paid package of MCL, the value of such paid package being Rs.*******/- [Rupees *****Only] and above from MCL.
- C. By purchasing our paid package, you provide your explicit consent to share your mobile number to our authorized Payment Gateway partners, mainly for the purpose of facilitating payment processing, transaction-related communications, and fraud prevention.
- D. If you download our App from Apple App Store and opt for a paid package, you consent to make the entire payment including applicable Taxes to Apple, which acts as Seller on Record and collects the entire payment including applicable Taxes and remits the same to the competent authority as per the agreement between Apple Distribution International Limited, Ireland and our company.
Refund and Assignment
- A. The payments made by any Vadhu Vara member to MCL by way of membership / renewal fee / auto renewal are treated as non-refundable.
- B. Vadhu Vara member shall not assign or transfer your Vadhu Vara membership to any other person or entity, and such an act shall be treated as violation of terms and conditions and Vadhu Vara shall retain their right under clause 2 (b) of this terms and conditions.
- C. Payment once made for Vadhu Vara services cannot be assigned to any person/party or adjusted towards any other product or packages provided by the Company.
Renewal
- A. We automatically renew all paid Memberships before the expiry of the term of the paid Membership. You agree that your account will be subject to this automatic renewal feature
- B. When you first subscribe for your paid Membership, you acknowledge that when your paid Membership expires it will automatically renew for the duration and at the last paid price.
- C. The maximum tenure of any packages will be 12 (Twelve) month. Every Vadhu Vara packages post validity period (varies from package to package), shall be renewed.
- D. If you do not want your paid membership to automatically renew, you must cancel your paid membership. In case you have to mail for cancellation, mail to support@vadhuvara.org
Additional terms and conditions applicable to Non- Resident Indian customers.
- A. Jurisdiction: The laws of India shall be applicable.
- B. Arbitration of Disputes: The Parties shall discuss among themselves and resolve any disputes informally. We are interested in attempting to resolve any Disputes by amicable and informal means, and we encourage you to contact us before resorting to arbitration. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 ( thirty ) days from the date of such dispute , then such dispute may only be resolved through an individual arbitration conducted in accordance with the provisions of The Arbitration and conciliation Act, 1996, by sole arbitrator. The seat of Arbitration shall be Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. We shall appoint the sole arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in the English language
- C. However, Disputes relating to infringement of our intellectual property rights, which we may elect to have resolved by means other than arbitration.
- D. In case of Renewal, Customer is charged the current price that prevails and renewed is done only for 3 months duration irrespective of the past package.
- E. Enforcement: Any proceeding to enforce this arbitration agreement may be brought in Courts of Mysuru , karnataka , India.
Moneyback Guarantee
If the users meets the below conditions and do not find a match within 21 days, get a full refund ! No questions asked !
- A. User's must have added a minimum of 3 photos to his/her profile.
- B. User's profile should be Govt ID verified.
- C. User's profile completion score must be at least 80%.
- D. User must have messaged at least 15 mutually matching profiles in first 21 days after membership purchase.
- E. User does not have a single reply on messages initiated by him/her.
- F. You should not have consumed any phone number from his/her membership.
- G. 21 Day Money Back guarantee is only applicable for self serve packs and does not apply to any assisted package.
Assisted Service Guarantee is applicable only for the users:
- A. Who have availed the Assisted Service for the first time.
- B. Who have more than 100 matching profiles based on the partner preference set by them at the time of the Assisted Welcome Call.
- C. Who have not narrowed down the partner preference, once the Assisted service starts.
Membership Packages
- A. We have various premium membership packages called Gold, Diamond, Platinum, Prime Gold, Prime Diamond, Prime Platinum and Assisted.
- B. You shall opt for any of our premium membership packages varying between three months to one year with differing price to access various premium features.
- C. Each premium package has contact view limits, except for Prime and Prime Platinum, which offer unlimited views under a Fair Usage Policy (FUP). Unlimited views apply only to mutually accepted profiles where the acceptance occurred during the current active Prime plan. Previously accepted profiles (from the free period or a previous plan) will result in a deduction from the available contact quota upon viewing. The FUP includes both deducted and non-deducted contact views, ensuring fair and intended use of the Prime contact benefit.
- D. The members of Platinum package (3,6,12 months) can receive Personalised Messages (PMs) from Free Members. Only if PP of Platinum member matches with the Personal Interest of the free member profile this will be allowed (For applicable domains).
- E. The Fair Usage Policy (FUP) limit on Phone view count and Count on Personal message for all the premium membership packages are as follows:
- F. To know the complete details on various Membership package and its benefits, please visit 'Payment Options' page
- G. It is clarified that one month is computed as "30 days" and hence, 3 months package will have 90 days subscription, 6 months will have 180 days subscription.
- H. Fair Usage Policy on Expression of Interest (EI) for Free Members:
Free members acknowledge that they have not paid any charges for using the services and for better governance, the number of EI that can be shared by a Free Member will be restricted and once the numbers reach a particular limit, they will not be entitled to send further EI. To get membership benefits, the members may opt for paid subscription packages.
Terms & Conditions for Doorstep Services
Service Provider: Matrimony.com Limited, CIN. L63090TN2001PLC047432, having registered office at No. 94, TVH Beliciaa Towers, Tower 2, 5th Floor, MRC Nagar, RA Puram, Chennai 600028.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS & CONDITIONS VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE AVAILING OUR DOORSTEP SERVICES. THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS GOVERN THE USE OF DOORSTEP SERVICES.
BY ACCEPTING THE SERVICES, YOU ACCEPT AND CONSENT TO THE TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR DOORSTEP SERVICES.
Services
Vadhu Vara's Doorstep Services shall assist the Customer in registering their profile in Vadhu Vara and / or Community Matrimony (hereinafter referred to as Vadhu Vara) website/ app.
The Doorstep service agent will guide the Customer through the process of creating their profile, usage of Vadhu Vara website/ app, and enlighten the Customer about existing packages and offers.
Eligibility
All Indian citizens above 18 years residing within the territory of Mysuru, India can avail the doorstep services.
Cancellation & Rescheduling
The Customer can cancel the Doorstep service within 24 hours of the scheduled visit time & date and seek a refund.
Refunds will be processed within 7 working days subject to deduction of GST amount.
- a. Customer can seek for rescheduling the Doorstep service visit and based on the request of Customer, Doorstep service visit can be rescheduled maximum for three occasions and post which Customer shall forfeit the fee paid.
Roles & Responsibility of Vadhu Vara
- a. Vadhu Vara's obligation is only to assist customers in registration of profiles in Vadhu Vara's website/ app. Post registration, the terms and conditions mentioned in the App / Website will govern the contract between the Parties.
- b. Vadhu Vara shall safeguard sensitive user information using security standards authentication mechanisms, access controls and encryption techniques.
- c. Vadhu Vara cannot guarantee the complete protection of user data while it is in transit, or prevent any tampering of the data by a third party with malicious intent before the data reaches the Vadhu Vara servers.
- d. Vadhu Vara is not responsible for delays due to any factor beyond Vadhu Vara control or Force Majeure events.
- e. Vadhu Vara is not liable for any financial transaction between the Vadhu Vara's representative and Customer. The Customer shall not pay any amount to Vadhu Vara's representative and any payment made towards service fee shall be paid only to the account of MCL.
Roles & Responsibility of Customer
- a. Vadhu Vara prohibits discrimination against service agents including on the basis of race, religion, cast, gender, age or any other characteristic that may be protected under applicable laws.
- b. We request customers to treat all service agents with courtesy and respect. We reserve our right to withhold access to services at our absolute discretion if the customer's behaviour toward Vadhu Vara service agent is in a manner which is disrespectful or abusive or which otherwise deem to be inappropriate or unlawful.
- c. Customers are prohibited to do any kind of financial transaction directly to the representatives of MCL / Vadhu Vara.
Privacy
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 Vadhu Vara and other websites/Apps owned by MCL, the personal information / data provided to us by you during the course of usage of Vadhu Vara 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 or App.
Complaints
If you have any complaints or dispute, please contact our customer support either in writing or in email with digital signature to:
Email: support@vadhuvara.org,
Grievance Officer: Mr. *********
Contact Address :Mysuru
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. We shall make reasonable efforts to resolve any issue in a timely manner.
Indemnity
By using our Vadhu Vara services you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Vadhu Vara, 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 Vadhu Vara. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive in perpetuity.
Termination
Vadhu Vara reserves the right to terminate the services for any breach of these Terms & Conditions. all amount paid till date by you to Vadhu Vara shall be forfeited.
Upon termination / suspension of Vadhu Vara membership, your right to use or access the Vadhu Vara Website/App Vadhu Vara services will cease immediately. All provisions of this terms and conditions that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, disclaimers, and limitations of liability. Termination of your access to and use of the Vadhu Vara Services shall not relieve you of any obligations arising or accruing prior to such termination.
Governing Laws
The Terms & Conditions are exclusively governed by the Laws of Indian (Jurisdiction).
Arbitration of Dispute
The Parties shall discuss among themselves and resolve any disputes informally. We are interested in attempting to resolve any Disputes by amicable and informal means, and we encourage you to contact us before resorting to arbitration. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 ( thirty ) days from the date of such dispute , then such dispute may only be resolved through an individual arbitration conducted in accordance with the provisions of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, by sole arbitrator. The seat of Arbitration shall be Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.We shall appoint the sole arbitrator. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in the English language.
Standard against Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
- A. To ensure the safety and protection of Children, our platform is intended for use only by individuals aged 18 and older. We do not permit Children under the age of 18 to access or use our App.
- B. We prohibit posting, uploading, or sharing any content that depicts, promotes, or exploits children in any form, including child pornography or any form of sexual abuse. We scan all user generated content to prevent illegal material including CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) from being uploaded, shared or distributed and our app takes appropriate action by removing CSAM after obtaining actual knowledge of it, in accordance with published standards and relevant laws.
- C. Any content violating our Child Safety standard will result in immediate suspension of membership.
- D. We provide a mechanism within our app for users to submit feedback, concerns, or reports on CSAM by mailing to support@vadhuvara.org and we have a strict process to deal with it. Users can also report such instances to National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at [suspicious link removed].
- E. We confirm that our app complies with all the applicable child safety laws and regulations.