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BLUSMART TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR DRIVER
(Last updated on 10 June, 2021)
This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made
thereunder. Further, this electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any
physical or digital signatures. This electronic record is published in accordance with the relevant provisions
of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder.
1. ELECTRONIC MEDIA
1.1 Please note that (a) the domain name https://blu-smart.com (the Website”); and (b) the software
application for use on small, wireless computing devices such as smartphones and tablets and also for
use on desktop or laptop computers, including inter alia a driver’s version of the application (“Driver
Application”) for the purpose of these Terms of Use ((a) and (b) hereinafter collectively referred to
the Electronic Media or Platform) is owned, controlled, managed and/or operated by Blu Smart
Mobility Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated in accordance with the laws of
India, either itself and/or through its parent company, its subsidiaries or its affiliates (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the (“Company” or “Blu Smart”).
2. LEGAL AGREEMENT
2.1 These terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use’’) govern the use and access of the Driver
Application for the purposes of registering the vehicle and offering cab services to user/ riders who
make bookings on the Platform for availing the Transportation Services (defined below) on the
Platform; and constitute a legal agreement ("Agreement") between;
drivers who own their own four wheeler electric vehicles; or
drivers who have obtained cars from third party providers on lease basis; or
drivers who have obtained four wheeler electric vehicles on license basis from fleet companies
associated and/or approved by Blu Smart (“Vehicle Providers”).
2.2 For the purpose of these Terms of Use, you/yours/yourself Driver(s)shall mean and include all
individuals who are independent third-party service providers who wish to list such four wheeler
electric vehicles with the Company on the Driver Application (“Vehicle(s)”), on hire and reward
basis, for the purpose of providing the Transportation Services (defined below) to the User(s) who
wish to avail such services through the Platform. They are persons who are registered with Blu Smart
after having represented to Blu Smart that they have necessary licenses to provide Transportation
Services within the City of Operation.
2.3 If you continue to use and/or access Driver Application or provide Transportation Services facilitated
by Blu Smart’s Platform, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the Terms of Use.
2.4 In addition to the aforementioned, your use and access to the Driver Application and provision of the
Transportation Services (defined below) through the Booking(s) (defined below) received via
Electronic Media of the Company, is subject to the guidelines, rules, privacy policy, terms, conditions
and/or other applicable policies and procedures (“Company Policies”) applicable to such
Transportation Service, which shall be posted on the Electronic Media from time to time. Unless
otherwise provided for in any specific Company Policy, the Company Policies shall be deemed to be
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incorporated into this Terms of Use and shall be considered as part and parcel of hereof. Therefore, by
impliedly or expressly agreeing to be bound by the Terms of Use, you also agree to be bound by the
Company Policies, as may be updated, amended or revised from time to time.
2.5 If you do not agree with the Terms of Use, please do not access and use the Electronic Media related
to the Company through all other means.
2.6 Blu Smart reserves the right, to modify or replace, in part or full, any of these Terms of Use, or
change, suspend, block, discontinue or restrict your use to all or any feature of the Service or
Electronic Media at any time.
2.7 Blu Smart shall not be required to notify the Driver of any changes made to these Terms of Use. The
revised Terms of Use shall be made available on the Electronic Media, including inter alia the Driver
Application. The Driver is requested to visit the Driver Application to view the most current Terms of
Use. The Driver can determine when Blu Smart last modified the Terms of Use by referring to
the "Last Updated" legend above. It shall be Driver’s responsibility to check these Terms of Use
periodically for changes. Blu Smart may require the Driver to provide Driver’s consent to the updated
Terms of Use in a specified manner prior to any further use of the Electronic Media. If no such
separate consent is sought, Driver’s continued use of the Electronic Media, following the changes to
the Terms of Use, will constitute Driver’s acceptance of those changes. Driver’s use of the Electronic
Media and provision of Transportation Services is subject to the most current version of the Terms of
Use made available on the Electronic Media at the time of such use.
3. DEFINITIONS
All the defined and capitalized terms in these Terms of Use will have the meaning assigned to them
here below:
3.1 "Account" shall mean the account created by the Driver on the Driver Application for provision of
Company’s Services provided by the Company.
3.2 Booking(s)shall mean a request placed by the Rider, either through the Platform or through a direct
call to Blu Smart, for availing of the Transportation Services offered on the Platform, to be provided
by the Driver, from a particular pick-up point(s) to the drop of point(s) in the Vehicle.
3.3 “Daily Shift” shall mean the time period after the Log-in on the Driver Application until the Log-out
from the Driver Application on a particular calendar day, during which the driver makes himself
available for provision of Transportation Services to the User(s) making Booking(s) through the
Platform, including inter alia the waiting time and the time taken to charge the Vehicle. Such Daily
Shift shall include the time period in which the Driver shall charge the respective electric Vehicle or
carry out any such activities ancillary to the provision of Transportation Services or as may be
instructed by the Company from time to time.
3.4 “Driver’s Device” shall mean a cellphone or a mobile device which belongs to the Driver, which is of
such make that it has the interface to operate the Driver Application wherein, the Driver shall receive
all details pertaining to the Booking placed by each Rider through the Platform.
3.5 “Driver Account” shall mean the account created by the Driver on the Driver Application for the
purpose of listing each Vehicle utilized by the Driver for the purpose of provision of Transportation
Services on the Driver Application; and entering the Log-in/Log-out time, in respect of each such
Vehicle for calculation of Daily Shift, in respect of which the daily licensee fee.
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3.6 Driver Fee means, in respect of a Ride, such amount payable by us to the Driver for the
Transportation Services provided by the Driver to the Rider(s) subject to the total kilometres travelled
during the Ride based on the actual trip undertaken (i.e exact kilometres travelled, time taken to arrive
at the location, change of location during the trip etc.) or such fee which may change due to any
exigencies in certain specific geographical areas (like curfews, road closures etc.), waiting fee and/or
other such charges which may be paid subject to the these Terms of Use.
3.7 “Log-inmeans logging into the Driver Account by the Driver, on the Driver Application wherein the
Driver shall list the Vehicle being utilized for provision of Transportation Services each Daily Shift.
3.8 “Log-out” means logging out from the Driver Account onto the Driver Application by the Driver;
3.9 Operational Standards shall mean such standards of the Company as specified in Clause 12
attached herewith, to be adhered to by the Driver towards provision of Transportation Services under
these Terms of Use;
3.10 Ride(s)” means each trip which the Driver completes on the assigned Vehicle towards the fulfilment
of a Booking made by a Rider through the Platform, from the pick-up point to the drop off point as
desired by the Rider for such Booking;
3.11 “Total Ride Fee” or “Ride Fare” means the aggregate amount collected by us in respect of the
Ride, including the technology fee, Driver Fee, location fee, additional fee and/or applicable taxes,
reflected on the Platform/Driver Application or notified to the Rider on the Platform or through the
mode of Booking, wherein the final amount payable by the Rider shall be calculated and notified to
the Rider at the end of each Ride, payable by the Rider through all permissible modes of payment
and/or Driver (if paid in cash), in respect of each Ride towards the Transportation Services availed by
the Rider.
3.12 “User(s)” or “Rider(s)” shall mean such third-party users/passengers availing Transportation
Services through the Platform of the Company.
3.13 “Target Daily Rides” means such minimum number of Rides which the Company will endeavour to
provide to the Driver on a daily basis for provision of the Transportation Services to the Riders, which
must be completed by the Driver in any Daily Shift.
3.14 “Termshall have the meaning ascribed to it in each Clause;
3.15 Territory” shall mean the geographical area of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
3.16 "Applicable Law(s)" shall mean and include all applicable statutes, enactments, acts of legislature or
parliament, laws, ordinances, rules, by-laws, regulations, notifications, guidelines, policies, directions,
directives and orders of any governmental authority, tribunal, or a court of India.
3.17 "Blu Smart" or "us" or "we" or "our" shall mean Blu Smart Mobility Private Limited, a company
incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and having its corporate office at Plot
90B, sector 18, Gurgaon, Haryana -122008, which expression shall, unless it be repugnant to the
context or meaning thereof, be deemed to mean and include all its successors, affiliates and permitted
assigns.
3.18 "City of Operation" shall mean a city in which the Rider(s) avail and the Driver renders the
Transportation Services respectively.
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3.19 "Force Majeure Event" shall mean any event arising due to any cause beyond the reasonable control
of the Company.
3.20 "Registration Data" shall mean and may include the present, valid, true and accurate name, email
ID, phone number, driver license and/or government registered IDs and such other information as may
be required by Blu Smart from the Driver at the time of registration on the Driver Application.
3.21 Ride(s) means each trip which the Driver completes on the Vehicle towards the fulfilment of a
Booking made by a Rider through the Platform, from the pick-up point to the drop off point as desired
by the Rider for such Booking.
3.22 "Company’s Service(s)" shall mean the provision of technology platform services available
on/through the Electronic Media that enables the User’s operating the Electronic Media, who are
desirous of obtaining, availing, arranging, scheduling Transportation Services offered by independent
third party service providers including inter alia the Driver(s), who are under an agreement with Blu
Smart or with certain Blu Smart’s affiliates through the Platform of the company. For avoidance of
any doubt, it is clarified that it also includes the facilitation of Transportation Service between the
User and the Driver by Blu Smart through the Platform or via a telephone request at the call center of
Blu Smart, or booking on the Website, within the City of Operation, as elaborated in Clause 10.
3.23 "Terms of Use" or “Subscription Termsshall mean these terms and conditions for the Driver.
3.24 Transportation Servicesshall mean the transportation services offered by Drivers on and availed
by the User(s) through the Platform, for transport/carriage services provide to be provided by the
Driver to the Users on the Vehicle(s).
3.25 "Vehicle" shall mean four-wheeler electric vehicle as defined under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
4. REGISTRATION AND CREATION OF DRIVER ACCOUNT
4.1 The Driver hereby understands and acknowledges that he/she has attained at least 18 (eighteen) years
of age and is competent to contract under the Applicable Law(s) and thereby can register on the
Driver Application after complying with the requirements of this Clause 4 and by entering their
Registration Data.
4.2 The Driver shall ensure that the Registration Data provided by him/her in the Account is accurate,
complete, current, valid and true and is updated from time to time. The Company shall bear no
liability for false, incomplete, old or incorrect Registration Data provided by the Driver.
4.3 The Driver is aware that his/her usage of the Driver Application and creation of an Account therein is
attributed to registering his/her respective Vehicle(s), whether owned by the Driver or leased and/or
licensed by a Vehicle Provider as a part of the calculation of a Daily Shift towards provision of
Transportation Services as well as the fee payable to the Driver for provision of such Transportation
Services to the User(s) on the Platform.
4.4 The Driver has represented to the Company that he/she is the rightful owner of such Vehicle or is
sufficiently seized of the rightful possession of the Vehicle which has been leased to him/her by the
Vehicle Provider or he/she has the necessary license obtained from the Vehicle Provider for rightful
provision of Transportation Services to the User(s) on the Platform, as the case maybe for each
Driver.
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4.5 The Driver has agreed to submit to the Company the ownership proof or lease contract/documents
(with the relevant entities) or license contract/documents or requisite no objection certificates or
permission documents and/or any other ancillary documents as maybe requested by the Company, for
the purpose of proving the right to use such Vehicle freely without any third party intervention or
hindrance towards provision of Transportation Services to the User(s) on the Platform.
4.6 The Driver is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of his/her Registration Data and
will be liable for all activities and transactions that occur through the Driver’s Account. It has been
agreed that the Driver shall not authorize any third parties to use his/her Account. The Driver’s
Account cannot be transferred or assigned to a third party. The Company shall not be liable for any
third-party claim with respect to any loss that the Driver may have incurred as a result of someone
else using the Driver’s password or Account, either with or without Driver’s knowledge.
4.7 The Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate Driver’s Account with immediate effect and
for an indefinite period, if the Company has a reason to believe that the Registration Data or any other
data provided by the Driver is incorrect or false, or that the security of the Drivers Account has been
compromised in any way, or there is a breach of terms and conditions of these Terms of Use or upon
any unauthorised use of Driver’s Account by any third party or for any other reason the Driver may
find just or equitable.
4.8 It is the Driver’s responsibility to check and to ensure that the Driver downloads the correct
application for his/her Driver Device.
4.9 The Company shall not be liable if the Driver does not have a compatible mobile device or if the
Driver downloads the wrong version of the Driver Application for his/her Driver Device.
4.10 In case of any unauthorized use of the Driver’s Account please immediately inform the Company
at support@blu-smart.com.
4.11 In case, Driver is unable to access his/her Account, the Driver needs to inform the Company at
support@blu-smart.com and make a written request for blocking the Driver Account.
4.12 Blu Smart reserves the right to modify, terminate or suspend the Company’s Services available on the
Platform at any time without prior notice due to any changes in internal policy or due to the
Applicable Laws or any breach of these Terms of Use by the Driver or for any reason whatsoever.
5. OPERATION OF DRIVER ACCOUNT
5.1 Within a period of [2] days from the date of appointment, the Driver shall pursuant to instructions
provided by the Company, register and enlist himself/ herself on the Driver Application, and shall
create a Driver Account by providing the information requested on the Driver Application and
agreeing to these Terms of Use which governs the relationship between the Company and the Driver
as also the Driver’s separate and independent transaction with the Riders once the Driver agrees to
provide Transportation Services to the Rider pursuant to the Bookings made by such Rider, and the
other standards, roles, responsibilities of the Driver for providing the Transportation Services through
the Platform etc.
5.2 The Driver agrees that the information/documents provided by the Driver in respect of creation of the
Driver Account at the time of registration and/or any time thereafter, shall, at all times, be true,
accurate, current, and complete.
5.3 During the Daily Shift, the Driver shall ensure that (a) the Driver is, at all times, logged-in into the
Driver’s Application through his/ her Driver Account on the Driver’s Device; (b) the Driver
Application, other internet portals as mandated and/ or provided by the Company are functioning
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normally on the Driver’s Device, and the Driver’s Device is connected with the internet and is
functioning properly; (c) the Driver’s Device on which the Driver is accessing and using the Driver
Application is always connected with the internet, it has sufficient balance to make calls or receive
calls, and the battery of such handheld device/mobile phone is always fully charged.
5.4 For the purpose of these Terms of Use, the Driver further agrees that the Daily Shift will be calculated
on the basis of the Log-In and Log- Off time clocked by the Driver on the Driver Application, the
Driver shall register/list the Vehicle with the Company through the Driver Application prior to
provision of Transportation Services offered on the Platform to the Riders in accordance with these
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6. DRIVER’S DEVICE
6.1 For registration on the Driver Application, the device of such model and functionality as may be
specified and notified by Blu Smart to the Driver, the Driver shall bring his own device, the Driver
Device. The Driver hereby agrees that Driver Application on the Driver Device shall be switched on
during the performance/provision of the Transportation Service without being any exceptions
whatsoever. The provisions relating to Driver Device shall be as set out below-
6.2 For registration on the Driver Application, the Driver may bring his own Driver Device, of such
model and functionality as may be specified and notified by Blu Smart to the Driver. In such event
Blu Smart will assist the Driver in installing the Driver Application in the Driver Device brought by
the Driver after Blu Smart verifies that the Driver Device meets the requirements and specifications as
required by Blu Smart. Blu Smart shall also instruct the Driver in the use of the Driver Device in
respect of the Driver Application and Platform, if required. If the Driver Device is stolen, the Driver
shall ensure that the Driver Application and his Account is immediately blocked, suspended or
deactivated. In such event, the Driver shall approach Blu Smart’s designated offices with a new
Driver Device for installation of the Driver Application in the new Driver Device.
6.3 The Driver shall not use the Driver Device for any illegal or unlawful purposes and shall use the
Driver Device solely in accordance with the terms of these Terms of Use. The Driver shall solely be
responsible and liable for any violations of law committed by the Driver, misuse of the Driver Device
and misuse of the sim card used in the Driver Device.
6.4 In the event the Driver Application is not functioning properly on the Driver Device due to the Driver
Device being damaged and not repairable due to any act or omission of the Driver, the Driver shall
immediately approach Blu Smart’s designated office with a new Device for installation of the Driver
Application on the new Driver Device. If the Driver is unable to bring a new Driver Device or obtain
a Driver Device Blu Smart shall be entitled to terminate this legal agreement established via these
Terms of Use with immediate effect.
7. DRIVER CONTENT
7.1 Except for the Registration Data or any other data provided, posted, uploaded or submitted by the
Driver on the Electronic Media during the use of any of the service offered through the Electronic
Media, the Company does not want the Driver to, and the Driver should not, send any confidential or
proprietary information to the Company on the Electronic Media or otherwise, unless otherwise is
required by Applicable Laws. In accepting these Terms of Use, the Driver agrees that any information
or materials that the Driver or individuals acting on the Driver’s behalf provide to the Company
through the Electronic Media other than the aforementioned will not be considered confidential or
proprietary.
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7.2 Blu smart will be entitled to process and transfer Driver’s information as and when it deems fit and it
may store or transfer Driver’s information in a server outside India or the country where the Driver is
located in order to perform Blu Smart’s obligations under these Terms of Use, Company Policies and
Applicable Laws.
7.3 The Driver agrees to grant Blu Smart a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free,
sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity, database rights or any
other rights which the Driver has in Drivers information, in any media now known or not currently
known, with respect to Driver’s information. THE DRIVER AGREES AND PERMITS BLU SMART
TO SHARE DRIVER’S INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES IN ACCRODANCE WITH THE
APPLICABLE LAWS AND PRIVACY POLICY.
7.4 Further, Blu Smart shall store the information provided by the Driver including without limitation the
recordings of Driver’s calls between the Company’s executive and the Driver for their conversation
regarding the provision of Transportation Services of the Company or any/all such Transportation
Service-related matters. The Driver shall promptly inform Blu Smart on any change in the information
provided by the Driver to Blu Smart in respect to the Transportation Services provided on the Blu
Smart Platform.
7.5 Blu Smart reserves the right, but have no obligation, to monitor the content posted or the programme
content materials posted on the Electronic Media. Blu Smart shall have the right to remove or edit any
content that in its sole discretion violates, or is alleged to violate, any Applicable Law or either the
spirit or letter of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding this right of Blu Smart, Driver remains solely
responsible for the content of the materials he/she may post on the Electronic Media and in the private
messages (as applicable). Please be advised that such content posted does not necessarily reflect Blu
Smart’s views. In no event shall Blu Smart assume or have any responsibility or liability for any
content posted/shared or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from use of content and/or
appearance of content on the Electronic Media. The Driver hereby represents and warrants that he/she
has all necessary rights in and to all content the Driver provides and all information it contains and
that such content shall not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties or contain any
libelous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful information.
8. PRIVACY
8.1 When you become a Driver, then and during your use of the Electronic Media and/or provision of
Transportation Services, you will provide us with certain information and other data as aforesaid that
may or may not be otherwise publicly available. We will respect the privacy of such data as per our
Privacy Policy which is available at https://blu-smart.com/privacy-policy. We will only collect, use,
disclose or process your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which you accept by your
continued use of the Electronic Media and/or provision of Transportation Services. We will share
your data with other parties only as set out in our Privacy Policy.
8.2 In addition to and not in contravention of the terms, measures and procedures regarding storing and
securing the data and information on the Electronic Media as stipulated in the Privacy Policy, you
acknowledge, accept and agree that the Company utilizes standard security configurations for
securing data and information on the Electronic Media which is reasonable and sufficient security
practice and procedure as per the industry standard and for the purposes of Information Technology
Act, 2000 and the rules and regulations made thereunder. The Driver agrees that in case of any
leakage, destruction, unauthorized access or the like to information stored on the Company’s
Electronic Media, they waive their right to file a complaint for compensation under all Applicable
Laws.
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9. USE OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA
9.1 The Driver agrees, undertakes and confirms that Driver’s use of Electronic Media shall be strictly
governed by the following binding principles:
9.1.1 Driver shall not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any information that:
(a) belongs to another person and to which Driver do not have any right to; or interferes with another
user's use and enjoyment of the Electronic Media or any other individual's user and enjoyment of
similar services; or
(b) that is harmful, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of
another's privacy, hateful, or ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money
laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever, or unlawfully threatening
or unlawfully harassing including but not limited to "indecent representation of women" within
the meaning of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, of another person;
or
(c) misleading in any way; or
(d) is patently offensive to the online community, such as sexually explicit content, or content that
promotes obscenity, pedophilia, racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any
group or individual; or
(e) involves the transmission of "junk mail," "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or
"spamming"; or
(f) infringes upon or violates any third party's rights, (including, but not limited to, intellectual
property rights, rights of privacy (including without limitation unauthorized disclosure of a
person's name, email address, physical address or phone number) or rights of publicity]; or
(g) contains restricted or password-only access pages, or hidden pages or images (those not linked to
or from another accessible page); or
(h) provides material that exploits people in a sexual, violent or otherwise inappropriate manner or
solicits personal information from anyone; or
(i) provides instructional information about illegal activities such as making or buying illegal
weapons, violating someone's privacy, or providing or creating computer viruses; or
(j) contains video, photographs, or images of another person without his or her express written
consent and permission or the permission or the consent of his/ her guardian in the case of minor;
or
(k) tries to gain unauthorized access or exceeds the scope of authorized access to the Electronic
Media or to profiles, blogs, communities, account information, bulletins, friend request, or other
areas of the Electronic Media or solicits passwords or personal identifying information for
commercial or unlawful purposes from other users; or
(l) engages in commercial activities and/or sales without Blu Smart’s prior written consent such as
contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising and pyramid schemes, or the buying or selling of
"virtual" items related to the Electronic Media. Throughout these Terms of Use, our "prior written
consent" means a communication coming from Blu Smart’s authorized representative,
specifically in response to Driver’s request, and specifically addressing the activity or conduct for
which Driver’s may seek authorization; or
(m) interferes with another user's use and enjoyment of the Electronic Media or any other individual's
user and enjoyment of similar services; or
(n) refers to any website or URL that, in Blu Smart’s sole discretion, contains material that is
inappropriate for the Electronic Media, contains content that would be prohibited or violates the
letter or spirit of these Terms of Use; or
(o) harm minors in any way; or
(p) is fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; or
(q) violates any law for the time being in force; or
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(r) deceives or misleads the addressee/ users about the origin of such messages or communicates any
information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature; or
(s) impersonate another person; or
(t) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt,
destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; or contains any trojan horses, worms,
time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage,
detrimentally interfere with, diminish value of, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any
system, data or personal identifiable information or attempt to interfere with the proper working
of the Electronic Media or any transaction being conducted on the Electronic Media; or
(u) 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 cognizable offence
or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting to any other nation; or
(v) is false, inaccurate or misleading; or directly or indirectly, offer, attempt to offer, trade or attempt
to trade in any item, the dealing of which is prohibited or restricted in any manner under the
provisions of any Applicable Law, rule, regulation or guideline for the time being in force; or
(w) creates liability for Blu Smart or cause Blu Smart to lose (in whole or in part) the services of it’s
vendors.
9.1.2 The Driver shall not use any "deep-link", "page-scrape", "robot", "spider" or other automatic device,
program, algorithm or methodology, or any similar or equivalent manual process, to access, acquire,
copy or monitor any portion of the Electronic Media or any content, or in any way reproduce or
circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Electronic Media or any content, to obtain
or attempt to obtain any materials, documents or information through any means not purposely made
available through the Electronic Media. We reserve the right to bar any such activity as and when
detected or deemed appropriate.
9.1.3 The Driver shall not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Electronic Media or any network
connected to the Electronic Media nor breach the security or authentication measures on the
Electronic Media or any network connected to the Electronic Media. The Driver may not reverse
look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other user of or visitor to the Electronic Media,
or any other customer of Blu Smart, including any of Blu Smart’s account not owned by the Driver, to
its source, or exploit the Electronic Media or any Company’s Service or information made available
or offered by or through the Electronic Media, in any way where the purpose is to reveal any
information, including but not limited to personal identification or information, other than Driver’s
own information, as provided for by the Electronic Media.
9.1.4 The Driver agrees he/she will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately
large load on the infrastructure of the Electronic Media or Blu Smart’s systems or networks, or any
systems or networks connected to the Electronic Media.
9.1.5 The Driver may not use the Electronic Media or any content for any purpose that is unlawful or
prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity
that infringes the rights of Blu Smart or others.
9.1.6 The Driver shall not use the Company’s services or Electronic Media in any manner that could
damage, disable, overburden, block or impair any of the server connected to the Electronic Media.
The Driver may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the services through hacking, password
mining or any other means.
9.1.7 The Driver may not reverse engineer, decompile and disassemble any software used to provide the
Transportation Services to the User(s) via Blu Smart.
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9.1.8 The Driver shall not make any negative, denigrating or defamatory statement(s) or comment(s) about
Blu Smart or the brand name or domain name used by Blu Smart or the Company’s Services
provided by Blu Smart or otherwise engage in any conduct or action that might tarnish the image or
reputation, of Blu Smart or its merchants on Platform or otherwise tarnish or dilute any of Blu Smart’s
trade or service marks, trade name and/or goodwill associated with such trade or service marks, trade
name as may be owned or used by Blu Smart.
9.1.9 The Driver shall not engage in advertising to, or solicitation of, other users of the Electronic Media to
buy or sell any products or services, including, but not limited to, services related being displayed on
or related to the Electronic Media. It shall be a violation of these Terms of Use to use any information
obtained from the Electronic Media in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person, or in order to
contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to another person outside of the Electronic Media.
9.1.10 The Driver understands that Blu Smart always has the right to disclose any information (including the
identity of the persons providing information or materials on the Electronic Media) as necessary to
satisfy any law, regulation or valid governmental request. This may include, without limitation,
disclosure of the information in connection with investigation of alleged illegal activity or solicitation
of illegal activity or in response to a lawful court order or subpoena. In addition, Blu Smart can (and
Driver hereby expressly authorize Blu smart to) disclose any information about Driver to law
enforcement or other government officials, as it, in Blu Smart’s sole discretion, believe necessary or
appropriate in connection with the investigation and/or resolution of possible crimes, especially those
that may involve personal injury.
9.1.11 It is possible those other users (including unauthorized users or “hackers”) may post or transmit
offensive or obscene materials on the Electronic Media and that Driver may be involuntarily exposed
to such offensive and obscene materials. It also is possible for others to obtain personal information
about Driver on the public forum due to Driver’s use of the Electronic Media, and that the recipient
may use such information to harass or injure the Driver. Blu Smart does not approve of such
unauthorized uses but by using the Electronic Media. The Driver acknowledges and agrees that Blu
Smart shall not responsible for the use of any personal information that the Driver publicly discloses
or shares with others on the Electronic Media. The Driver should carefully select the type of
information that he/she publicly discloses or shares with others on the Electronic Media, or from the
Electronic Media on other social platforms (e.g., but not limited to Facebook).
9.1.12 Blu Smart shall have all the rights to take necessary action and claim damages that may occur due to
Driver’s involvement/participation in any way through Driver or through group/s of people,
intentionally or unintentionally causing hindrance in provision of Company’s Services.
9.1.13 Blu Smart’s performance of these Terms of Use is subject to existing laws and legal processes of
Government of India, and nothing contained in the Terms of Use is in derogation of Blu Smart's right
to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to Driver’s provision of
Transportation Services or information provided to or gathered by Blu Smart with respect to such
provision or performance. The Driver agrees that Blu Smart may provide details of Driver’s use of the
service to regulators or police or to any other third party, or in order to resolve disputes or complaints
which relate to the service, at Blu Smart’s complete discretion.
10. COMPANY’S SERVICES
10.1 The Electronic Media is a technological platform that enables and permits the User(s)/Rider(s) to
arrange, obtain and avail the Transportation Services offered by the Drivers through the Electronic
Media. It has been agreed between the parties that upon booking of Transportation Services through
the Electronic Media, the arrangement constitutes a separate and bilateral association between the
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User/Rider and the Driver. It is hereby clarified that for the purpose of facilitation of interaction,
communication and transaction between the Driver and the User is an independent and separate
transaction between such Driver and User and Electronic Media is only acting as an intermediary
service provider and/or facilitator for the purpose of facilitation of interaction, communication and
transaction between the Driver and the User; and hence, Blu Smart shall not be liable and responsible
for any and all liabilities, losses, claims and damages that may arise out of or in connection with the
interaction, communication and transaction between the Driver and the User and the Driver agrees to
indemnify Blu Smart in this regard.
10.2 You hereby acknowledge you are not an employee, agent, representative, contractor, adviser, staff
member of the Company and the Company has no responsibility for any act, omission, advice,
service, representation, etc. of yours.
10.3 By using the Driver Application, the Driver further agrees that:
10.3.1 The Driver will not use an account that is subject to any rights of a person other than the Driver
without appropriate authorization;
10.3.2 The Driver will not use the Electronic Media for unlawful purposes or carry any materials equipment
or material that is prohibited under the Applicable Law or the use of which can be used for any illegal
purposes/activities;
10.3.3 The Driver will not try to harm the User, Electronic Media or Blu Smart’s network in any way
whatsoever or cause any damage to the Vehicle;
10.3.4 The Driver will provide Blu Smart with such information and documents which Blu Smart may
reasonably request;
10.3.5 The Driver will only use an authorized network to which it has access to for the purpose of availing
service;
10.3.6 The Driver will comply with all Applicable Law from the Driver’s country of domicile and residence
and the country, state and/or city in which the Driver is present while using the Electronic Media or
provision of Transportation Service;
10.3.7 The Driver is aware of and shall comply with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules,
regulations and guidelines notified thereunder.
11. GENERAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DRIVER
11.1 The Driver shall, at all times, (a) comply with all the Applicable Laws related to driving of a four-
wheeler vehicle, including but not limited to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (“MV Act”) and comply with
all the Applicable Laws pertaining to driving license and (b) adhere to all the rules, regulations and
guidelines as applicable to on him/ her in respect of driving a four wheeler electric vehicle including
inter alia the traffic rules and standards and guidelines pertaining to safety of the driver and other
person travelling in such four wheeler electric vehicles’ and (c) abide by the Operational Standards as
stipulated by under these Terms of Use.
11.2 The Driver shall ensure that he/ she has all the documents necessary for driving any four-wheeler
electric vehicle as mandated under the Applicable Laws and, at all times, shall hold and keep
updated/renewed driving license, registration certificate of the Vehicle and permits as maybe handed
over by the Vehicle Provider (as applicable) for the purpose of driving the Vehicle(s) (“Necessary
Documents”). If the Driver fails to carry the Necessary Documents and it results in any loss, damage
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or harm to the Company’s reputation or the police issues a challan towards Driver’s negligence or the
Rider cancels the Ride, the Company shall reserve the right to charge the Driver with a penalty
equivalent to the cancellation fee of such Ride being cancelled and/or seek legal recourse towards
such negligence by the Driver, forthwith terminating the Driver’s engagement with the Company.
11.3 The Driver shall ensure that the Ride Fare is correctly collected at the end of each Ride from the Rider
upon completion. In case the Ride Fare is paid by the Rider through other modes of payment, chosen
by the Rider on the Platform, the Driver shall check for a notification of receipt of correct payment for
such Ride on the Driver Application after completion of any payment by the Rider.
11.4 The Driver shall at all times be expected to maintain a record of the payments collected on behalf of
the Company in cash, the same shall be intimated by the Company in the Driver Application and
Driver Account prior to commencement of a Ride, the Driver shall be expected to carry change to be
paid to each Rider at the end of each Ride, which the Driver shall collect from the premises as notified
by the Company, if the Driver is short of the same before commencement of any Ride wherein the
mode of payment is cash.
11.5 In the event, the Rider opts for payment of the Ride Fare through the payment facility as may be
provided on the Platform, then the Driver shall ensure that such Ride Fare has been paid by the Rider
and the same being notified on Driver Application at the end of each Ride. In any circumstance the
Driver does not receive such notification of receipt of Ride Fare, the Driver shall be obligated to
immediately inform the Company of the same and the Company shall then address the issue.
11.6 In the event, the Rider opts for payment of the entire or partial Ride Fare by cash, then (i) the Driver
shall collect such Ride Fare paid in cash from the Riders on behalf of the Company; (ii) remit/ return
such collected amount of the Ride Fare made in cash to the Company in the manner as determined by
the Company.
11.7 It is hereby agreed between the parties that the Driver shall be entitled to payment for the performance
of the Transportation Services in the manner as provided under Clause 13 of these Terms of Use, only
and not otherwise. Any misuse or unauthorized use of the collected amount of the Ride Fare made in
cash by the Rider to the Driver shall result in initiation of legal action against such Driver by the
Aggregator.
11.8 In the event, the Rider is making entire payment or part payment in cash for the Ride Fare, the Driver
hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall alone be responsible for settling any payment
related disputes between the Rider and the Driver. In case of any conflict or dispute with the Rider,
the Driver shall seek instructions from the Company. The Driver agrees that the decision taken by
Company shall be final and binding on the Driver in the aforesaid case.
11.9 The Driver will hold all the documents and records including documents and records pertaining to (a)
Ride Fare collected by the Driver from the Riders, and (b) any toll tax, parking charges, parking fees
or any such fee paid by the Rider towards provision of Transportation Services in respect of
performance his/her obligations under these Terms of Use.
11.10 The Driver agrees that upon reasonable notice, the authorised representative of the Company may ask
the Driver to present such documents or records to inspect such documents or records maintained by
the Driver.
11.11 In case of inspection of documents and records made in respect of collection of payment of Ride Fare
reveals any discrepancy, then the Driver will pay such remaining amount to the Company, failing
which, the Company may initiate any legal action(s) against the Driver.
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11.12 The Driver understands that any cancellation of a scheduled Ride or a Booking appearing on Driver
Application by the Driver, is prohibited except in exceptional circumstances based on a justifiable
explanation provided by the Driver to the Company, wherein Company shall take a final call on
whether the Booking should be cancelled or completed (by assigning a different driver for such
Booking). The Driver shall immediately inform the Company in case of any cancellation or refusal for
the scheduled Ride by the Driver or the Rider. Further, the Driver agrees that such cancellation or
refusal for completion of a scheduled Ride or a Booking by the Driver or the Rider due to any delays
by the Driver, may lead to a deduction in the form of withholding of part or whole of the Daily
Adjusted Consideration Amount (defined below) by the Company.
11.13 The Driver agrees that he/ she shall not (a) cancel any the Ride assigned to him/ her on the Driver
Application; and (b) Refuse to start/complete the Ride and/ or indicate/ communicate in any manner
to the Rider that he/ she will not pursue such Ride.
11.14 The Driver hereby agrees that any complaint(s) made by the Riders regarding the conduct and/ or
behaviour of the Driver will be considered to be a breach of the obligations by the Driver hereunder
for which Company shall not be responsible in any manner and, if the nature of such complaint is
serious, then the Company may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate this arrangement and/ or
restrict the use and access of the Driver from the Driver Application and/ or initiate any legal action.
11.15 The Driver shall be solely responsible for: (a) any failure to complete any Ride which is accepted/
started by the Driver; (b) any failure to pick up Rider(s) on the pick-up time from the pick-up point;
(c) any act or omission on the part of the Driver including any rash and negligent driving, driving
under the influence of alcohol, verbal, physical or harassment of any nature; (d)any violation or non-
adherence under any Applicable Law;(e) any nuisance or damage caused to the property of Company
by the Driver or any misbehaviour with the Company representatives; misbehaviour shall include
within its purview using abusive language, causing physical harm and making indecent gestures; (f)
any physical and/or mortal danger caused to the Riders during the Daily Shift; (h) any delay, for such
time as may be determined by the Company, caused to the Rider(s) in respect of the Ride, pick up
time and drop time; (i) charging in excess of the Ride Fare from the Rider; and (j) failure to adhere to
the Operational Standards. The Driver hereby waives and expressly releases the Company and the
Company for and in respect of any claims which may be made by the third-party to the Company,
arising out of or in connection with any of the acts specified above.
11.16 The Driver shall be liable for any loss and/ or damage caused to any third party and/or Vehicle on
account of accident, whether or not the same is due to negligence caused by the Driver or any third
party, during the time when the Vehicle is supposed to be in control of Driver or during a Daily Shift
as per the terms of these Terms of Use. In addition, the Driver agrees to indemnify and pay to the
Company all the costs and expenses incurred in relation to the repairs to be conducted on the Vehicles
and hereby undertakes that the Company has the right to recover; and make such deductions towards
recovery of the cost of such repairs or any other losses suffered by the Company arising out or in
connection with such accident, from the payment due and payable by the Company to the Driver
under these Term of Use.
12. OPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
12.1 The Driver covenants that he/she shall at all times abide by these Terms of Use and the obligations
stated herein and/or as stipulated by Blu Smart from time to time. In any circumstance, the Driver
fails to adhere to the Terms of Use and the obligations stated, while providing Transportation Services
to the Riders, the Driver shall, in addition to the rights and remedies available under law, be liable to
pay a genuine pre-estimated compensation of an amount equivalent to Rs. 10,000 to Blu Smart
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(“Fine(s)”).
12.1.1 The Driver shall ensure and confirm that he understands the language of the Driver
Application/Platform and shall ensure that he/she chooses the language that he bests understands from
amongst the languages that the Driver Application /Platform supports.
12.1.2 The Transportation Service provided through the Platform by the Driver shall be of the highest quality
as per industry standards and in accordance with the oral and written requirements of Blu Smart. The
Driver shall be liable for any loss caused to Blu Smart and/or the Rider due to negligence of the
Driver in the performance of the Transportation Service.
12.1.3 The Driver be deemed to be informed and shall also strive to stay informed about conditions such as
bandhs, strikes, curfews, traffic disruptions, weather conditions and the like that could affect the
Transportation Service. The Driver shall, immediately intimate Blu Smart, and disclose any such
aforesaid calamity that he may become aware of.
12.1.4 The Driver shall provide the Transportation Service to the Rider in a courteous, effective and timely
manner.
12.1.5 The Driver shall ensure registration of Vehicle at all times and shall hold and keep updated / renewed
all licenses, insurance and permits necessary for the use of Vehicle on the Platform.
12.1.6 The Driver shall not undertake or assist in any unlawful or illegal activity while performing
Transportation Services.
12.1.7 The Driver shall not allow unauthorized persons to drive the Vehicle. Blu Smart reserves the right to
take any action at its sole discretion for any violation by the Driver, which may extend to but not
limited to termination an/or other legal action.
12.1.8 The Driver shall ensure the safety and security of the Riders, his own self and that of the Vehicle at all
times.
12.1.9 The Driver shall immediately bring to the notice of Blu Smart any deviation from the provision of the
Transportation Service/s as required under the terms of these Terms of Use, including but not limited
to any accidents, damage to life or property.
12.1.10 The Driver agrees that any breach of these Terms of Use by him/her is likely to cause Blu Smart
substantial and irreparable damage and therefore, in the event of any such breach, in addition to such
other remedies which may be available Blu Smart shall have the right to specific performance and
injunctive relief.
12.1.11 The Driver shall ensure that he is not using the Driver Device for any purpose other than for
providing Transportation Service in the manner provided under these Terms of Use. The Driver shall
ensure that the Driver Device is not busy for long, unavailable or switched off while the Vehicle is
being plied on the Platform.
12.1.12 The Driver shall not use / access video / interactive content on the Platform when the Driver is
driving the Vehicle. However, during halts / stops requested by the Riders, Driver may access video /
interactive content on the Platform, provided that the Driver shall ensure that such access / use during
halts / stops doesn’t lead to deficiency of Transportation Service or negligence towards the Rider.
12.1.13 On allotment of a Booking in response to a request on the Platform, the Driver shall ensure that the
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Vehicle arrives prior to the pick-up time.
12.1.14 The Driver shall ensure that the Rider pays the Total Ride Fee as well as additional surcharge (if
applicable) and any fee or levy presently payable or hereinafter imposed by Applicable Law. In the
event, the Rider pays by cash for the Transportation Services, the Driver shall collect the Total Ride
Fee and remit the same to Blu Smart in the manner solely determined by Blu Smart.
12.1.15 The Driver will have a functioning mobile number and also have the ability to read text messages
sent by Blu Smart, regarding the Rider details and to convey Rider’s feedback.
12.1.16 In the event any Driver leaves his/her property in the Vehicle, the same shall not be pilfered or
tampered with by the Driver and shall be reported immediately by the Driver directly to Blu Smart. In
the event the Driver pilfers or tampers with the property of the Rider, the Driver shall be solely liable
for any damages claimed by the Rider and Blu Smart may at its sole discretion terminate the Driver’s
registration and disable the Driver’s access to the Driver Application. Blu Smart shall in no event be
liable for loss of or damage caused to the property of the Rider.
12.1.17 Driver hereby acknowledges and agrees that Blu Smart shall alone be responsible for settling any
payment related issues between Rider and Driver. In case of any conflict, the Driver shall seek
instructions from Blu Smart. The Driver agrees that the decision taken by Blu Smart shall be final and
binding on the Driver in the aforesaid case.
12.1.18 The Driver shall make himself/ herself available for such trainings as Blu Smart may be required to
organize pursuant to Applicable Law or as Blu Smart may deem necessary from time to time.
12.1.19 The Vehicle shall be the sole responsibility of the Drivers and the Driver shall be liable or
responsible for any loss or damage to the Vehicle caused by a Rider or any other third party for any
reason whatsoever.
12.1.20 The Driver shall not drive rashly, shall follow traffic regulations and all Applicable Laws during the
performance of the Transportation Services, wear seat belt, not consume liquor / cigarette / bidi, or
any other kind of intoxicant while performing the Service/(s) and shall have and hold a valid driving
license and registration/insurance papers for the Vehicle at all times. The Driver shall not take any
personal calls except in the event of an emergency, without prejudicing the safety of the Vehicle and
the Rider. Driver shall take all calls from the Rider and Blu Smart only after stopping the Vehicle at
an appropriate location to take the call, without being a hindrance to the traffic around him or without
violating any traffic rules.
12.1.21 The Driver understands that any cancellation of a scheduled Booking appearing on Driver
Application by the Driver, is prohibited except in exceptional circumstances based on a justifiable
explanation provided by the Driver to Blu Smart, wherein Blu Smart shall take a final call on whether
the Booking should be cancelled or completed (by assigning a different driver for such Booking). The
Driver shall immediately inform Blu Smart in case of any cancellation or refusal for the scheduled
Booking by the Driver or the Rider. Further, the Driver agrees that such cancellation or refusal for
completion of a scheduled Booking by the Driver or the Rider due to any delays by the Driver, may
lead to a deduction in the form of withholding of part or whole of the Daily Adjusted Consideration
Amount (as defined in Clause 13.3) by Blu Smart.
12.1.22 The Driver agrees that he/ she shall not (a) cancel any the Booking assigned to him/ her on the
Driver Application; and (b) Refuse to start/complete the Booking and/ or indicate/ communicate in
any manner to the Booking that he/ she will not pursue such Booking.
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12.1.23 The Driver shall, at all times, ensure the safety and security of the Riders and of the assigned
Vehicle. In case of any accident, damage to life or property, the Driver shall bring the same to the
immediate notice of the Company as well as Blu Smart. Additionally, the Driver shall ensure that a
first information report (“FIR”) in relation to the accident or casualty is filed by the Driver with the
nearest police station in the local jurisdiction within 2 (Two) hours from the time of accident/casualty.
12.1.24 The Driver agrees that the costs associated with the maintenance of the Vehicle shall be borne by
the Driver or the Vehicle Provider (if applicable).
12.1.25 The Driver shall be solely responsible for:
(a) any failure to complete a Booking accepted by the Driver;
(b) any failure to pick up Rider(s) at the allotted time and/or place;
(c) any act or omission on the part of its Drivers including any rash and negligent driving, verbal,
physical or harassment of any nature;
(d) any violation or non-adherence to the Applicable Law by it;
(e) any nuisance or damage caused to the property of Blu Smart by the Driver or any misbehavior
with Blu Smart representatives; misbehavior shall include within its purview using abusive
language, causing physical harm and making indecent gestures;
(f) any physical and/or mortal danger caused to the Rider whilst using or in connection with the
Transportation Service;
(g) any delay of more than 10 (ten) minutes caused to the Rider(s);and
(h) charging excess Total Ride Fee from the Rider or charging the Rider more than what is displayed
on the meter.
12.1.26 The Driver, shall not either directly or indirectly:
(a) engage in any conduct that damages the reputation or causes inconvenience in any manner, to Blu
Smart; or
(b) be the reason for Blu Smart to be a part of any negative publicity.
12.1.27 The Driver hereby agrees that any complaint/s by Rider regarding the Vehicle or Driver will be
considered to be a breach of the obligations by the Driver hereunder for which Blu Smart shall not be
responsible in any manner. If there is any serious complaint regarding any particular Vehicle and/or
Driver, Blu Smart may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate the Account of such Driver, by
providing a written notice to Driver to this effect.
12.1.28 Driver will maintain all relevant books, records and accounts relating to the Transportation Services
provided by Driver and payments collected. Upon reasonable notice, Blu Smart may audit, or may
appoint a qualified independent auditor to audit, the books and records of the Driver to verify the
accuracy of the amount of payments collected by the Driver. If such audit reveals any discrepancies
with respect to the payment collected and submitted to Blu Smart, then in addition to Blu Smart
retaining the right to exercise other remedies, may require the Driver to promptly pay Blu Smart an
amount equal to the discrepancy and may ask for an additional amount as Fine from the Driver.
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12.1.29 Blu Smart may require the Driver to affix Blu Smart brand including but not limited to its
logo/sticker on the Vehicle. In such event, Driver shall extend all necessary support and assistance to
Blu Smart for affixing Blu Smart brand on the Vehicle. It is hereby clarified that Driver will not be
entitled for any additional payments for the Blu Smart logo / sticker affixed on the Vehicle, if any.
13. PAYMENT
13.1 The Company shall endeavour to provide Target Daily Rides to the Driver in respect of a
particular Daily Shift or to pay a fixed amount of communicated time to time to the Driver
towards the performance of the Transportation Services in a Daily Shift (“Daily Commitment
Amount”).
13.2 In respect of the provision of the Transportation Services during a Daily Shift by the Driver to
the Riders, the Driver shall be entitled to receive from the Company the aggregate amount
arrived at after cumulating the Driver Fee collected in respect of all the Rides successful
completed by the Driver in a particular Daily Shift (“Daily Earnings”).
13.3 The Company shall pay to the Driver in respect of each Daily Shift, the sum which is higher of
(i) the sum arrived at after deducting the amount paid by the Company to the Vehicle Provider
towards the license fee/lease rent payable in respect of the Vehicle and any other amounts due
and payable by the Driver under the terms of the agreement/arrangement entered into between
the Driver and the Vehicle Provider (including, inter alia, on account of breach of provisions
contained here, liquidated damages, compensation for repairs and accidents etc.) in respect of
which the driver has issued and undertaking in favour of the vehicle provider in accordance
with driver lease agreement from the Daily Earnings; or (ii) Daily Commitment Amount
(“Daily Adjusted Consideration Amount”).
13.4 The Company shall reconcile its account and records pertaining to the daily license fee amount
and Daily Earning on or before the end of every week for the previous week. Pursuant to the
same, the Company will make payment to the Driver of the aggregate amount of Daily
Adjusted Consideration Amount calculated in respect of each Daily Target Ride multiplied by
the number of Daily Shifts undertaken by the Driver in a calendar week (“Driver Weekly
Consideration Amount”). The Company shall pay to the Driver, on or before the end of every
week for the previous week, the Driver Weekly Consideration amount after deducting or
adjusting the any payment which accrues or becomes due from the Driver to the Company
(including, inter alia, on account of the Fine(s) or any breach by the Driver of terms of these
Terms of Use which entitle the Company to any compensation and/or an indemnity claim).
13.5 In case the Driver disputes Daily Adjusted Consideration Amount/Driver Weekly
Consideration Amount or has any objection pertaining to the payment and settlement thereof,
the Driver shall immediately notify Company of the same and such dispute shall be resolved by
the driver Grievance Officer (defined below) of the Company within [1] days.
13.6 The Driver hereby expressly authorizes the Company to set-off, deduct and withhold from the any
payments to be made, due or to become due and payable to the Driver under and in accordance with
these Terms of Use, any amount that is due (i) from the Driver to the Company under the terms of
these Terms of Use including, inter alia, payment of Fine, cancellation of the Ride, liquidated
damages, or those on account of breach of any terms of these Terms of Use, as determined by the
Company; and/or (ii) from the Driver to the Vehicle Provider towards the license fee/lease rent
payable in respect of the Vehicle and any other amounts due and payable by the Driver to the
Vehicle Provider in terms of and under the terms of the agreement/arrangement entered into
between the Driver and the Vehicle Provider (including, inter alia, on account of breach of
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provisions contained here, liquidated damages, compensation for repairs and accidents etc.), in
respect of which the Driver has issued an undertaking in favour of the Vehicle Provider.
13.7 The following terms shall apply to any/all payments as maybe due and payable to the Driver by the
Company or settling dues:
13.7.1 All payments due to the Driver shall be made through NEFT/RTGS etc., as mutually agreed from
time to time. The Driver shall provide his/her bank account details to the Company for the ease of
transfer of any/all payments due to the Driver by the Company.
13.7.2 You authorize Blu Smart to make deductions from the Driver Fee which includes the following:
(a) Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) as per the Income Tax Act, 1961, where applicable;
(b) service tax and other applicable taxes.
13.7.3 The terms in this Clause is subject to change and will be communicated to the Driver via SMS/call
to registered mobile number.
13.7.4 Blu Smart reserves the right to change the rates and payment terms between the Driver and Blu
Smart mentioned in this Clause at any given point in time, which shall be notified to the Driver.
14. DISCLAIMERS, WAIVER AND RELEASE
14.1 Except for Blu Smart’s limited role in processing payments Blu Smart is not involved in any
underlying transaction between the Rider, Driver, any other customer, merchant, bank, payment
processor, payment gateway or other third party.
14.2 The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Blu Smart disclaims all warranties of
any kind whether express or implied including without limitation, any representation or warranty for
accuracy, availability, continuity, uninterrupted access, timeliness, sequence, quality, performance,
security, merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, non-infringement or completeness.
Without prejudice to the forgoing paragraph, Blu Smart does not warrant that:
14.2.1 This Website: information, content, materials, product (including software) or Company’s Services
included on or otherwise made available to the Driver through the Website; their servers; or electronic
communication sent from Blu Smart are free of viruses or other harmful components; and
14.2.2 Nothing on the Website will constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.
14.3 The Driver furthermore acknowledges and accepts that Blu Smart may not encrypt any content or
communications from and to our Electronic Media.
14.4
You understand and acknowledge that Blu Smart disclaims and shall disclaim all representations
and warranties to the Rider, of any kind, whether express or implied as to condition, suitability,
quality, merchantability and fitness for any purposes in respect of any and all Vehicles of the
Driver that are used by the Riders as a part of the Company’s Services and Transportation Services
offered by the Driver through the Platform.
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14.5 THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, PROVISION OF SERVICES, TRANSACTION BY AND
BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND RIDER IS DONE AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND HENCE YOU
AGREE THAT THE COMPANY SHALL BE IN NO EVENT LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY,
LOSSES, CLAIM, DAMAGE OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE
AFORESAID.
14.6 IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND THE RIDER REGARDING
ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED VIA THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA, BOTH THE RIDERS
HEREBY RELIEVES THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS FROM
ALL MANNER OF ACTIONS, CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AND FROM ANY AND ALL LOSSES
(DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL), DAMAGES, COSTS OR
EXPENSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS'
FEES, WHICH A RIDER MAY HAVE AGAINST THE OTHER.
14.7 THE AFORESAID, DISCLAIMERS, WAIVERS, RELEASES, LIMITATIONS AND
EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CAUSE OF ACTION OR THE
LIABILITY ARISES IN LAWS, CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE.
15.
COMMUNICATION
15.1
When You use the Driver Application on Blu Smart’s Platform or send emails or other data,
information or communication to Blu Smart, You agree and understand that You are
communicating with Blu Smart through electronic records and You consent to receive
communications via electronic records from Blu Smart periodically and as and when required.
Blu Smart may communicate with You by email or by such other mode of communications,
electronic or otherwise.
15.2
You hereby expressly consent to receive communication from Blu Smart through Your
registered phone number and/or e-mail id. You consent to be contacted by Blu Smart via phone
calls/ SMS notifications. You agree that any communication so received by You from Blu
Smart will not amount to spam, unsolicited communication or a violation of Your registration
on the national do not call registry’.
15.3
By registering with Blu Smart, You hereby agree to (i) provide Information that Blu Smart has
a legal duty to request from a Driver on account of the Know Your Customer norms under
Applicable Laws including without limitation your Permanent Account Number
(PAN);and(ii)undertake due diligence and update Yourself on Applicable Laws that may have
implications on Your liability as a Driver.
15.4
You acknowledge and agree that Your Information maybe transferred or stored in a server
outside India or the country where You are located in order to perform Blu Smart’s obligations
under these Terms of Use.
16. INDEMNIFICATION
In addition and not in derogation of the specific indemnities provided by you to the Company under
these Terms of Use and/or Company Policies, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Company and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, representatives, shareholders,
contractors, users and agents etc. (“Indemnified Parties”) against any/all losses, liabilities, claims,
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damages, demands, costs and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements in connection
therewith and interest chargeable thereon) arising out of or in connection with any claim, suit, action,
or other proceeding brought against Indemnified Parties, to the extent such Losses are based on or
arising out of or in connection with: (a) any breach or non-performance or non-compliance of any of
the Terms of Use and/ or other terms and conditions of Platform with respect to use and access of the
Platform and/or providing Transportation Services on/through the Platform; (b) for truthfulness and
correctness of the information provided by the you at the time of registration and/ or providing the
Transportation Services; (c) any claim which the Rider and/or any third party may have with respect
to interaction, communication, dealing, dispute, and transaction between you and the Rider including
without limitation any damage to the Vehicle, injury to himself/herself, the Rider, pedestrians and/or
other people on road; (d) any content posted by the Rider on the Platform and Rider's use of the
Transportation Services available on or through the Platform; (e) any claim of third party due to, or
arising out of, or in connection with, your use of the Platform and/ or providing Transportation
Services to the Rider; (f) breach of any third party rights (including, but not limited to, claims in
respect of defamation, invasion of privacy, or infringement of any other intellectual property right) by
you.
17. LIABILITY
17.1
You shall be liable to indemnify and hold Blu Smart harmless against all damages, losses, costs
and expenses incurred by Blu Smart as a consequence of any complaint from any Rider received
by Blu Smart with respect to defective Transportation Service/(s).
17.2
In addition to the indemnification rights of Blu Smart under these Terms of Use, Blu Smart shall
also be entitled to such other remedies available under Applicable Laws.
17.3
Blu Smart shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage, howsoever caused or suffered
by the Driver arising out of the use of the Companys Service offered by Blu Smart to the Driver
directly or indirectly, for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to damage or loss
caused to You as a result of a Rider’s non-compliance, which includes, but is not limited to, any
incorrectly placed voice instructions, malfunction, partial or total failure of any network terminal,
data processing system, computer tele-transmission or telecommunications system or other
circumstances whether or not beyond the control of Blu Smart or any person or any organization
involved in the above mentioned systems. The Driver shall also be liable to Blu Smart for any
loss caused to Blu Smart due to the negligence of Driver or any unlawful act or omission in the
performance of the Transportation Service. Without prejudice to the above, Blu Smart shall not
be liable for any direct or indirect loss or damage, which may be suffered by the Driver as a result
of any failure by a Rider to show up within any stipulated time even if Blu Smart has agreed to
such timing or even if the Rider has advised Blu Smart of the possibility that he/she may not
show up within the stipulated time.
17.4 IN NO EVENT SHALL BLU SMART BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BLU SMART HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
17.5 IN ADDITION, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL BLU SMART’s AGGREGATE
LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE
SERVICES RENDERED HEREUNDER, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THEORY), WARRANTY, OR
OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only).
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17.6 If Applicable Law does not permit the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of
liability, the scope and duration of such warranty exclusions and the extent of the liability of Blu
Smart shall be the minimum permitted under Applicable Law.
18. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
18.1 Blu Smart alone (and its licensors, where applicable) shall own all right, title and interest, including
all related intellectual property rights, in and to the Electronic Media and the Company’s Service and
any suggestions, ideas, enhancement requests, feedback, recommendations; text, graphics, user
interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer
code; or other information provided by the Driver or Rider or any other party relating to the Electronic
Media or the Company’s Service.
18.2 Third party trademarks may appear on this Electronic Media and all rights therein are reserved to the
registered owners of those trademarks. For use of any third party's intellectual property, Driver needs
to get permission directly from the owner of the intellectual property for any use.
18.3 These Terms of Use do not constitute a sale and do not convey to the Driver any rights of ownership
in or related to the Electronic Media or the Company’s Service, or any intellectual property rights
owned by Blu Smart. The Driver shall be solely responsible for any violations of any laws and for any
infringements of any intellectual property rights caused by use of the Electronic Media.
18.4 The Driver may use information on the Electronic Media purposely made available by Blu Smart for
downloading from the Electronic Media, provided that the Driver:
18.4.1 does not remove any proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents and make no
modifications to the information;
18.4.2 use such information only for Driver’s informational purpose and do not copy or post such
information on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media; or
18.4.3 does not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such information.
19. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
19.1 You agree that the Company, in its sole discretion and for any or no reason, may terminate the
account (or any part thereof) you may have with the Company or use of the Electronic Media and
remove and discard all or any part of your account or any content uploaded by you, at any time. The
Company may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing access to the Electronic
Media, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to
the Electronic Media or any account you may have or portion thereof, may be effected without prior
notice, and you agree that the Company will not be liable to you or any third party for any such
termination.
19.2 In addition to the reasons and the grounds of termination expressly provided for in these Terms of Use
above, the Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate any account (or any part
thereof) or deny access to any account or remove and discard any content, for any reason, including,
without limitation:
19.2.1 registration of any account using false or misleading information; or
19.2.2 violation or inconsistent acts with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use; or
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19.2.3 violation of any Applicable Laws.
19.3 You acknowledge and agree that the Company may immediately deactivate or delete your account
and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files.
Further, you agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination
of your Account or denial of access. In the event of termination of your Account by the Company due
to any of the aforementioned reasons, the Company shall have the sole discretion to terminate or
cancel any of your past acts without any liability to the Company.
19.4 The Company does not permit copyright infringing activities on the Electronic Media and reserves the
right to terminate access to the Electronic Media and remove all content submitted by any persons
who are found to be infringers. Any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity that may be
grounds for termination of your use of the Electronic Media may be referred to appropriate law
enforcement authorities. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies the Company may have
under law, contract and/or equity.
19.5 You may, by giving a written notice to us at the office, terminate or deactivate your account at any
time and/or remove any data or files uploaded by you on the account or request us to do the same.
Provided that such deactivation or termination either by you or by us will not prejudice any of your
past lawful acts on the Electronic Media.
19.6 Unless terminated in accordance with this Clause, the agreement between Blu Smart and the Driver
shall be for a duration of 5 years until terminated due to causes stated in this Clause.
19.7
The Parties to these Terms of Use shall be entitled to terminate these Terms of Use with a prior
written notice of 7(seven) Business Days to the other Party without assigning any reason for the
termination.
19.8
The Parties to these Terms of Use shall be entitled to terminate these Terms of Use for any
breach of any obligations, representations or warranties, or any other material terms as contained
in this Terms of Use by a Party which is not the Party proposing to terminate the Terms of Use at
the end of 5 (five) days from the intimation of such breach to the breaching Party, if such breach
is not rectified within 5 (five) days.
19.9
Upon termination of these Terms of Use in the manner set out in Clause 17.6. and 17.7above, the
registration of the Driver on the Driver Application shall stand cancelled and the Accounts hall
be terminated and the Vehicle Provider shall not be eligible to ply his Vehicle through the Driver
on the Platform.
19.10
Upon the expiry or early termination of these Terms of Use:
19.10.1
The Driver shall pay to Blu Smart all amounts due and owing to Blu Smart.
19.10.2
On the termination of Your registration, Blu Smart will settle the Driver Fee which have
become due to You on account of the Transportation Service to the Riders through the Platform
and for other activities agreed under these Terms of Use, prior to the date of termination.
19.10.3
Each party shall promptly return to the other party all property and materials including all
devices and including confidential information and materials, furnished to it by the other party
pursuant to these Terms of Use between the parties. Where the confidential information cannot
be returned in material form, the party shall destroy the other party’s confidential information.
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19.10.4
The parties shall cease acting in a manner that would imply a continuing relationship between
the parties and shall cease all marketing and other activities contemplated under these Terms of
Use. In connection with the marketing activities, on termination or expiration of the Terms of
Use, the Driver shall ensure that Blu Smart branding affixed / displayed on the Vehicle and / or
any other branding affixed/displayed on the Vehicle (as directed by Blu Smart and mutually
agreed between the Parties), if any, shall be immediately removed. If the Driver is unable to
remove the branding himself, Driver shall promptly approach Blu Smart’s nearest office for
removal of the branding. Blu Smart disclaims all liabilities, whether civil, criminal, tortious, or
otherwise, that may accrue as a consequence of continued use of any branding by the Driver
after expiry or termination of these Terms of Use.
19.11
Clauses 14 (Disclaimer), 16 (Indemnification), 17 (Limitation of Liability), 19 (Suspension and
Termination) and 20 (Dispute Resolution, Governing Law and Jurisdiction) shall survive the
expiry/termination of these Terms of Use in accordance with their terms.
19.12
ExpiryorearlierterminationofthisAgreementwillnotprejudiceanyrightsoftheParties that may have
accrued prior to expiry or termination.
19.13
Withoutprejudicetotheforegoing,theterminationofYourregistrationpursuanttoanyof the provisions
contained herein above shall not limit or otherwise affect any other remedy (including a claim for
damages), which Blu Smart may have, arising out of the event which gave rise to the right of
termination.
20. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
20.1 These Terms of Use are subject to the laws of India.
20.2 All disputes arising out of or in connection with the Terms of Use shall be attempted to be settled
through negotiation between senior management of the Company and the Driver. If any dispute
arising between the parties is not amicably settled within reasonable period of sixty (60) days of the
initiation of the aforesaid dispute resolution mechanisms, then, the same shall be resolved by
arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Arbitration of the Indian Council of
Arbitration for the time being in force, which rules shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Clause 20. The dispute shall be referred to one (1) arbitrator to be appointed/ nominated jointly by
the Parties. The place of arbitration shall be New Delhi. The language of the arbitration will be
English. The decision of the arbitrator will be final, binding and incontestable and may be used as a
basis for judgment thereon in India or elsewhere. The Company and the Rider will bear its own costs
of the arbitration.
21. GENERAL
21.1 We are not liable for any infringement of copyright, trademark, patterns and/or any intellectual or
proprietary rights of any third party, arising out of contents and/or materials posted on or transmitted
through the Electronic Media or items advertised thereon.
21.2 We shall have no liability to you for any failure and/or delay in performance of Services or any
interruption or delay, to access the Electronic Media, if that failure and/or delay is due to reasons or
circumstances beyond our reasonable control (and the time for performance of the same shall be and
is extended accordingly). However, if we decide to grant you an indulgence on the performance of
any obligation under these Terms of Use, such indulgence shall not constitute waiver of any of our
rights.
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21.3 These Terms of Use and the Company Policies incorporated herein by reference constitute the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces
all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject
matter.
21.4 The rights and obligations under the Terms of Use which by their nature should survive will remain in
full effect after termination or expiration of the Terms of Use.
21.5 If any provision of the Terms of Use becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity of the other provisions of the Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.
21.6 No representation of our employees, officers or agents or those contained and advertised on the
Website or the Electronic Media shall represent an addition or amendment to these Terms of Use
unless the same has been set out in writing and signed by one of our directors.
21.7 You agree not to assign, transfer or novate your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use,
without our prior written consent, if applicable.
21.8 The laws of India will govern these Terms of Use. By accepting to these Terms of Use you agree to
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at New Delhi in respect of any disputes,
acts, matters or controversies arising as a result of breach of these Terms of Use those relating to the
validity, enforcement and/or interpretation of the terms of these Terms of Use.
21.9 Failure on our part to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
21.10 No partnership, joint venture or relationship of employee/employer or franchisor/franchisee arises
between you and us by reason of these Terms of Use.
21.11 In our discretion we may serve any notice or communication on you by email, fax or mail. In the case
of notices sent by (a) fax, you will be deemed served at the time and date of dispatch and receipt of
confirmation regarding successful transmission of the fax; (b) email, you will be deemed served at the
time and date of receipt of such email by you; and (c) mail, you will be deemed served 5 (five)
business days after dispatch of the same.
21.12 The invalidity of any term of these Terms of Use shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of
these Terms of Use. If and to the extent that any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid, or is
unacceptable in the given circumstances, a provision shall apply between the parties instead that is
acceptable considering all the circumstances, taking into account the content and the purpose of these
Terms of Use .
21.13 Blu Smart may give notice by means of a general notice on the Electronic Media, or by electronic
mail to Driver’s email address or a message on Driver’s registered mobile number, or by written
communication sent by regular mail to Driver’s address on record in Blu Smart’s account information.
21.14 The Driver may contact Blu Smart by electronic mail to the compliance/ Grievance Officer at the
email address punit@blu-smart.com or by written communication sent by regular mail to
support@blu-smart.com.
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21.15 Blu Smart shall not be liable for any failure to perform any obligations under these Terms of Use, if
the performance is prevented, hindered or delayed by a Force Majeure Event and in such case its
obligations shall be suspended for so long as the Force Majeure Event continues.
22. GRIEVANCE OFFICER
Any complaints, abuse or concerns with regards to content and or comment or breach of these Terms
of Use shall be immediately informed to Mr. Punit K. Goyal ("Grievance Officer") through email at
punit@blu-smart.com with the electronic signature or in writing at the following address to:
Attn : Punit K. Goyal
Designation : Grievance Officer, Blu Smart Mobility Private Limited
Corporate Address : A-2, 12th Floor, Palladium Corporate Road, Prahladnagar, Ahmedabad
380051, Gujarat