All registrants of Internationalized Domain Names [IDNs]
(.Bharat and .Indiya) will be bound by the following terms and
conditions, which may be amended by .IN Registry from time
to time.
1. Contact Details:
The Registrant shall provide to Registrar
accurate contact details and promptly correct and update them
during the term of the Registered Name, including: the full name,
postal address, email address, voice telephone/mobile number, and
fax number if available of the Registrant; name of authorized
person for contact purposes, in case of a Registrant is a body
corporate, including an organization, association, or
corporation. The email address submitted in the contact information
will be that of the Registrant only. This correct information should
be available in WHOIS of .IN Registry, and it is the duty of the
Registrant to check this information from time to time and make sure
that it is up-to-date.
2. Inaccurate Information:
A Registrant's willful or grossly
negligent submission/disclosure of inaccurate, false or unreliable
information, and in the event the registrant willfully or grossly
neglects to promptly update information provided to Registrar shall
constitute a material breach of the Registrant's Registration
Agreement with the Registrar and be a basis for cancellation of the
Registered Name, and any other action under the relevant laws of
India.
3. Proxy/Privacy Services:
Any kind of proxy services are not
allowed, and if the data is wrong or masked out by any proxy/
privilege protection services, the Registrant shall not be recognized
as the owner of the domain name.
4. No illegal/ obscene Content:
The Registrant undertakes that it
shall not register a domain name which is contrary to public policy
and that the Content of the website shall not be violative of any
Indian Laws.
5. Lawful Usage of Domain Name:
The Registrant shall use the
domain name in such a way that it does not violate any third-party
rights, applicable laws or regulations, including discrimination on
the basis of race, language, sex or religion and the Registrant
further warrants that it shall not register or use the domain name in
bad faith or for any unlawful purpose.
6. .IN Registry considers illegal or fraudulent actions, spamming,
using email in denial-of-service attacks, Phishing, Pharming, Botnet
command and control, Distribution of pornography, Illegal Access to
other computer and networks etc. as abusive use of domain name.
Registry can suspend and/or cancel the Registered name in such
cases and initiate action accordingly. Further, Fast Flux hosting
may be used only with prior permission of .IN Registry.
7. Fees and Payment:
Payment of any fees due, for which the
Registrant is solely liable, must be made with the Registry via
Registrar. The Registry is not responsible for any failure on the part
of the Registrar in this respect, including where such failure results
in non-registration or cancellation of the Domain Name.
8. Limitation of Liability:
The Registrant shall be liable for any
costs, expenses or damages incurred by the Registry for any breach
of these Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, the Registrant shall
hold the Registry and its directors, officers, and employees harmless
from claims filed or disputes initialed by third parties to this
Agreement, and shall compensate the Registry for any costs or
expenses incurred or damages it may suffer through third parties
taking action against it on the grounds that the application for the
registration or the use of the Domain Name by the Registrant
infringes the rights of said third parties.
9. Term, Renewal of the Domain Name Registration:
The
Registry is under no obligation to inform the Registrant in advance,
when the Term of a domain name registration is about to expire.
Registrant is fully responsible for ensuring that renewal is done well
in time.
10. Suspension/ Cancellation of Domain Names:
The .IN
Registry shall be entitled to immediately suspend or cancel the
Domain Name Registration, when the Registrant is in breach of the
Terms and Conditions as enshrined here.
11. .IN Dispute Resolution Policy and Procedure (INDRP):
A
Registrant is required to submit to mandatory arbitration proceedings
in the event a complainant files a complaint with .IN Registry,
against a registrant on the basis of unlawful registration of a domain
name. The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted by one of .IN
Registry Empanelled Arbitrators, in accordance with Dispute
Resolution Policy and Procedure and Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996. It is agreed that INDRP and its Rules of Procedures are
applicable to IDNs (.Bharat and .Indiya) as well.
12. Reservation of Rights for the .IN Registry:
The .IN Registry
reserves the right to instruct its Registry Services Provider to deny,
cancel, transfer or otherwise make unavailable any registration that
it deems necessary or place any domain name(s) on registry lock
and/or put a domain name on hold in its discretion: (1) to protect
the integrity and stability of .IN Registry; (2) to comply with any
applicable laws, Indian government rules or requirements, requests
of law enforcement, (3) to comply with any dispute resolution
process; (4) to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of the
.IN Registry, as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors,
representatives and employees; (5) for violations of this Agreement;
or (6) to correct mistakes made by the Registry or any Registrar in
connection with a domain name registration. The Registry also
reserves the right to freeze a domain name during resolution of a
dispute pending before arbitrator(s) appointed under Registry’s
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and/or a court of
competent jurisdiction.