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In an era where in-person interactions have become increasingly rare, it is paramount that we clarify the terms and conditions before embarking on any advisory journey together.

Should you have any questions about our independent consultancy services, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us info@ApkaTax.com. We're here to provide you with clarity and guidance

1. ApkaTax is a Network of Independent Professionals

ApkaTax is India's largest network of independent professionals who specialize in various fields such as Legal, Tax, Environmental, Sustainability, Audit, Product Certifications, and all other services rendered by professionals independently. ApkaTax is a legal tech platform that only manages client relationships, and services are delivered locally by professionals in the network. No member firm has any authority to obligate or bind ApkaTax or any other member firm vis-à-vis third parties, nor does ApkaTax have any such authority to obligate or bind any member firm.

ApkaTax is a network of professionals where queries are assigned to a network of professionals. ApkaTax is responsible for collecting payments from customers as per the agreed milestone displayed on the platform and agreed upon with the professionals. ApkaTax will pay the professionals; henceforth, ApkaTax acts as a facilitator. The orders placed by clients shall be delivered by professionals. ApkaTax is a technology company and aggregator with a team of experts, including Chartered Accountants (CAs), Company Secretaries (CS), and Lawyers, who provide advice to clients. ApkaTax does not fulfill the client's requirements directly. It only takes the client's requirements and passes them on to the professional consultants.

2. ApkaTax Acts as Platform for Legal services

We are a network of independent professionals organized as a club. Upon successful payment, in accordance with your agreed terms, we will provide you with advisory assistance and facilitate connections with the appropriate professionals. It's important to understand that ApkaTax is solely a platform that facilitates interactions between clients and independent professionals. All other requirements and arrangements will be handled directly between the client and the professional, with ApkaTax having no involvement.

• ApkaTax does not Promote any Lawyer-Client Relationship.

At ApkaTax, any transmission, receipt, or use of any ApkaTax advisory services does not constitute or build a lawyer-client relationship or any other kind of relationship between the client and the professional. Any electronic communication sent to ApkaTax alone is not to build a lawyer-client relationship between the user and ApkaTax, such being expressly denied.

• ApkaTax does not favour any user or independent professional

ApkaTax does the work of finding the best-suited independent professional for the needs of the user. We do not favour any user or independent professional. ApkaTax does not advertise or promote any independent professional by any means.

• ApkaTax does not Provide Avenue for Solicitation

ApkaTax maintains client confidentiality from consultants until the client communicates with the consultant or advisor directly or online. Our independent consultants are prohibited from viewing any private data in relation to potential clients. Moreover, the independent consultant cannot view the client’s profile unless the client and the consultant communicate with each other.

• ApkaTax does not provide any Legal Advice

ApkaTax provides expert advice to assist our clients in making informed decisions. Our independent advisory services should not be considered legally binding. The information available on our website should not be interpreted as legal advice, but rather as general information about services in high demand in the market or important legal topics. We advise our clients to contact and select a professional lawyer/Chartered Accountant (CA) from our platform and proceed further with their legal issues after making the necessary payments. Even the information provided on our website by the way of blogs, etc. is for general information and nothing can be taken as legal advice. Moreover, different countries have different laws along with local laws. Also, we do not guarantee that the information provided on our website is suited to all the local laws.

• Disclaimer of Representations by Users

ApkaTax makes no representation, guarantee, or warranty (express or implied) as to the legal ability, competence, or quality of representation in relation to any legal services through our website and affiliate thereof.

It is to be noted that neither ApkaTax nor any of its subsidies or Associate company or parent company or employees are deemed as advocates. We do not constitute a law firm nor provide any legal services. Noting on our website or material shared with clients in our communication is to be utilised or constructed as legal advice.

Our website, blog, and other material are only for the purpose of spreading information and awareness and are not to be substituted as advice from an advocate or legal professionals.

It is to be further noted that sometimes, the law, legal requirements, rules, and regulations are location specific and may differ from location to location. The general information or other material provided by ApkaTax is not to fit every situation or circumstance.

Our web sites and services listed on platform are not to be intended for creating any professional-client relationship, and the use of our site or services is not to constitute any such circumstance or create any such relationship between us.

In order to fulfil your needs, our Platform will automatically find a suitable lawyer, Chartered accountant, Company secretary, etc. from our network and assign on your order as per your budget and choice. But it is to be noted that they are not our employees, they are independent professionals who work with us and take the fees for rendering from us for rendering your services.

3. User Guidelines

The users of ApkaTax are granted to be non-exclusive, limited rights to access and the utilisation of our services in accordance with the clauses described in the signed contract. In order to maintain compliance measures, it is essential that all users abide by the policies set by our company. ApkaTax reserves the right to deny providing consultancy services to any user in case of any violation of rules, in the subject of complaints by any other ApkaTax users for such reason.

Users engaged in any of the following mentioned activities are not to be tolerated –

• The utilisation of any foul or otherwise inappropriate language.
• Making any racist, hateful, or otherwise offensive comments.
• Promoting or providing any instructional information about illegal activities or promoting physical harm or injury against any group or individual.
• Defaming any individual or a group of individuals, which includes a person of all ages, races, religions, and nationalities.
• Violation of the rights of another, including but not limited to the intellectual property rights of another. This includes using the service for acts of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property infringement, including but not limited to offering pirated computer programs or links to such programs, information used to circumvent manufacturer-installed copy-protect devices, including serial or registration numbers for software programs, or any type of cracker utilities (this also includes files which are solely intended for game emulation).
• Violation of any Internet Standards.
• The utilisation of any service which is in relation to displaying harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or tortuous material or invading others’ privacy.
• Interference with or disrupting the service or servers or networks connected to the service by posting advertisements or links to competing services, transmitting "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", or unsolicited mass distribution of e-mail.
• Compromising the security of our independent professionals. It is advised not to gain access to system areas private to ApkaTax or to other users.

4. Disclaimer of Information

• Disclaimer of Information Obtained on the Service

ApkaTax provides advisory and consultancy services to potential clients with a forum where whoever requires any legal representation can assist by connecting our clients with a network of individual professionals, we have connections.

The accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of ApkaTax is not warranted or guaranteed. ApkaTax is to assume further no liability for the interpretation and/or use of the information contained on this website. The owner of this website does not intend links from this site to other websites to be referrals to, endorsements of, or affiliations with the linked entities. ApkaTax is not responsible for and makes no representations or warranties about the contents of websites to which links may be provided from this website.

The professionals on our network are not our employees, they are independent professionals. Therefore, we cannot track or monitor their activities, we try our best to provide you with the best consultant but once we assign your requirement to them, we do not hold any responsibility for the quality of work done. ApkaTax does not take any responsibility for the background of any of the consultants on our network.

We advise the clients to read all the Documents provided by the professional as we cannot ensure their background check and we do not endorse the legality of any Document.

• Disclaimer of Information Provided through Reviews, Comments, Communications, or any other format

Any reviews found in any third-party websites where visitors are to post reviews, comments, or any other content; ApkaTax is not the publisher of such content nor is liable towards any information released as such. It only stores and disseminates the ideas and opinions that ApkaTax members may choose to post and distribute as user content. ApkaTax disclaims all responsibility for this content. If any offending material is brought to the notice of ApkaTax, it will be deleted as soon as possible. Whether such material is indeed offending will finally be left to the discretion of ApkaTax.

5. Limitations on Use

The contents or information mentioned on our website is for personal use only and strictly not for the purpose of commercial exploitation. It is prohibited to decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from ApkaTax. Nor is one permitted to use any network monitoring or discovery software to determine the site architecture or extract information about usage or users. It is further prohibited to use any robot, spider, another automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy the contents without the issuance of any prior written permission from ApkaTax. Nor can one copy, modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit, or public purposes all or any portion of ApkaTax, except to the extent permitted above. Any unauthorised use of ApkaTax or its content is prohibited.

ApkaTax strictly prohibits the user to copy, modify, republish, distribute, display, or using any of the information published on our website for commercial purposes. The information published on our website is only to provide general information to the users.

6. Confidentiality

ApkaTax makes every effort possible for the maintenance of confidentiality of all information submitted by clients to our system, along with our database of independent consultants.

The user is, however, warned that the use of the internet or e-mail for confidential or sensitive information is susceptible to risks that inevitably arise on this medium.

Additionally, because ApkaTax cannot control the conduct of others, we cannot guarantee that this information will remain confidential. Please use caution in deciding what information to input into the system. Do not make any confessions or admissions.

The user is advised to preferably describe their issue or dispute in general terms only. Specific information should only be revealed after the user has been appointed a consultant/expert and made contact outside the service (e.g. via telephone or appointment). ApkaTax is not responsible for the release or improper use of such information by users or any release due to an error or failure in the system.

7. Indemnity Clause

Our client agrees that ApkaTax is not responsible for any harm that his/her use of this service may cause. The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold ApkaTax harmless from and against any and all liability and costs incurred in connection with any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage, and expenses arising from or in connection with the contents or use of the service. The user agrees that this defence and indemnity is also applicable to any breach by the user of the agreement or the foregoing representations, warranties, and covenants. The client further agrees that this defence and indemnity is to include, without limitation of, our professional consultant fees and costs. The client also agrees that this defence and indemnity is also applicable to ApkaTax, its founders, officers, and employees. ApkaTax reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by the user, and the user shall not, in any event, settle any matter without the written consent of ApkaTax.

8. Linking ApkaTax.in

You are welcome to share or provide links to our homepage, “ApkaTax.in”, provided that the user does not remove, obscure, frame, or defame any portion of the homepage or the Brand Name of ApkaTax.

9. Unlawful Activity

ApkaTax reserves the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of the agreement and to take any action ApkaTax deems appropriate, including but not limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties and disclosing any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to user profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, posted materials, IP addresses, and traffic information.

10. Remedies for Unlawful Activity/Any Violations

ApkaTax secures the right to seek all possible remedies available in accordance with the law and in equity for violations of the agreement, which includes but is not limited to the right to block access from any particular Internet address for ApkaTax and its features.

11. Data Security

ApkaTax makes sure the data is protected and the client’s Data Privacy is maintained. However, ApkaTax is not to be held liable in case of loss of any data due to accidental or deliberate deletion, network or system outages, backup failure, corrupted files, or any other reason.

12. Disclosure of information

By providing us with any Document of information, you provide non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable rights to ApkaTax for using, publishing, modifying, creating, translating, adapting, reproducing, and distributing the information. Furthermore, you also provide ApkaTax, with the license to use the information by all means. We ensure that none of the information will be intentionally disclosed. But we do not hold any liability for disclosure of information by default in the server of due to third-party activity.

13. Severability of Terms and Conditions

Upon interaction with the client, with respect to the advisory or consultancy service provided by ApkaTax, in case any of the provisions of the Terms and Conditions is deemed unlawful, unenforceable, or void, then that particular provision is to be deemed severable from the remaining provisions and is not to affect their validity or enforceability of the entire terms and conditions.

14. Arbitration

In case of the rise of any dispute, it is to be settled through arbitration, and the location for the dispute settlement in Delhi.

15. Termination

ApkaTax reserves the right of the termination of providing services in case of any violations determined.

16. Modifications made to the website

Our website, ApkaTax.in, is continuously updated, and the applicability is deemed effective as soon as the website is updated or any information on the website is updated. We will not inform the user about the changes. It is the duty of the user to continuously check the terms of the service.

• Modifications Made to Service

ApkaTax reserves the right to modify or discontinue consultancy services, temporarily or permanently, with or without notice of the client with plausible reasoning. ApkaTax is not to be held liable to the user of any third party for any modification or discontinuation of services.

• Modifications made to Terms and Conditions

ApkaTax reserves the right to modify the Terms and Conditions at any time. The user is to be held responsible for checking the Terms and Conditions before accessing any services. The utilisation of our advisory services is to indicate the acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions.

17. Warranty and Limited Liability

There is a higher risk for ApkaTax, for all operators of online systems, that we might be held accountable for the wrongful actions of the Clients. In case one of our Clients libels another one of our clients, they can blame ApkaTax, even though the libellee is at fault. In case any Client uploads any program with a computer virus or transmits illegal or improper information to another user, and this results in damaging the time and resources of our other clients, the libellee is to be held liable and is required to acknowledge the responsibility for their actions.

Although it is the goal of ApkaTax to provide Clients with reliable and quality systems, there is a chance of errors or system failure from our end. Such errors are inevitable while running an operating system of such size. We cannot make our system available in case we have to acknowledge our mistakes or financial liability in relation to usability problems, system failures or errors, or mistakes or damages of any kind. In order to continue improving our consultancy services, ApkaTax denies any warranties of the services and states that our liability for any problems connected with the use of our system is strictly limited.

• Disclaimer of Warranties

The client expressly agrees that the use of the service is at the client's sole risk. The consultancy services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. ApkaTax expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by any independent advisor from ApkaTax is to create any warranty not expressly stated herein.

• Limitation of Liability

The client agrees that ApkaTax is not to be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from the use or the inability to use the service or for the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services or resulting from any goods or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service or resulting from unauthorised access to or alteration of user's transmissions or data, including, but not limited to damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangibles, even if ApkaTax has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The client further agrees that ApkaTax is not to be held liable for any damages arising from interruption, suspension, or termination of service, including, but not limited to, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, whether such interruption, suspension or termination was justified, negligent, intentional or inadvertent.

18. Reservation of Rights

ApkaTax.in’s All rights, titles, and interests in and to the materials provided on this website, including but not limited to information, Documents, logos, graphics, sounds, and images, are owned by ApkaTax. Except as otherwise expressly provided by ApkaTax, none of the materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, uploaded, posted, displayed, transmitted, or distributed in any way, and nothing on this website is to be construed to confer any license under any of ApkaTax’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. Contact us if you have any questions about obtaining such licenses. ApkaTax does not sell, license, lease, or otherwise provide any of the materials other than those specifically identified as being provided by ApkaTax. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by ApkaTax.