Last updated April 2, 2023
Please read these ‘Terms of Use’ (also called ‘Terms and Conditions’) carefully before using www.donate.lawyersinaction.org (“Website”, “Platform”).
a) Account: Online profile/portfolio of a registered user of the Platform;
b) Affiliate: Our trustees, directors, partners, associates, facilitators, contractors, service providers, content providers, suppliers, vendors, agents, representatives, employees, and their assigns;
c) Agreement: Collectively these ‘Terms of Use’ / ‘Terms and Conditions’, ‘Privacy Policy’, and other referenced material therein or on the Website;
d) Beneficiary: Our associated free legal aid provider;
e) Campaign: Fundraising campaign initiated on the Platform;
f) Donation: Monetary contribution made towards any campaign listed on the Platform;
g) Donor: User who donates towards any campaign listed on the Platform;
h) Foreign Fund: Donations made by other than Indian citizen or foreign entity as defined in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 or the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 or the Rules therein;
i) Fund: Money raised by a campaign or all the campaigns collectively;
j) Material: Document(s), statement(s), interview(s), photograph(s), video(s) or any other likeness including any personal information, personal data, legal records relating to the user or the Platform;
k) Organization: Lawyers in Action;
l) Service: Collectively all the services provided and offered by the Platform;
m) User: A person who accesses or is registered on the Platform;
n) User Content: User submissions made on the Website, like comments;
o) User Data: User information collected during his registration, and his donation history;
p) Visitor: User who accesses/browses the Website;
q) Website / Platform: www.donate.lawyersinaction.org
This Platform is owned by Lawyers in Action (“Organization”, represented by “We”, “Us”, “Our”, “Ourself”) having office at B-71, Lane No. 7, Shaheen Bagh, Delhi, India, 110025, and website www.lawyersinaction.org.
Lawyers in Action, a non-profit organization, has devoted itself for fighting for our justice, rights, equality, dignity, liberty, and freedom apart from providing free, but best and leading, legal aid to the needy and the oppressed, and to achieve these objectives promotes crowdfunding for the chosen legal causes. www.donate.lawyersinaction.org is a non-profit online platform connecting donors with beneficiaries through the fundraising campaigns.
By accepting these 'Terms of Use', you impliedly declare that you are an eligible party to enter into agreements/contracts as per the Indian law and sign this agreement which shall bind the Visitors and Donors (represented by “User”, “You”, “Yours”, “Yourself”, “He”, “His”, “Him”, “Himself”) of this Website/Platform and its affiliates in a legally binding agreement with the Organization.
By using the service of the Platform in any manner, including, but not limited to, donating, visiting or browsing the Website or contributing content, information, or other material or services to the Website, you agree to be bound by this Agreement.
4.1. User accepts these 'Terms of Use' / 'Terms and Conditions', 'Privacy Policy' and other referenced material therein or on the Website and enters into a legally binding contract with Lawyers in Action and its affiliates by:
4.2. The service is offered subject to acceptance of all of the terms and conditions contained in these ‘Terms of Use’, including the ‘Privacy Policy’ and all other operating rules, policies, and procedures that may be adopted by the Platform and published on the Website from time to time without notice to you.
Lawyers in Action reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these ‘Terms of Use’ or ‘Privacy Policy’, or modify, change, suspend, or discontinue the Website and its services (including, but not limited to, the availability of any feature, database, or content) at any time for any reason. We may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access without notice. It is your responsibility to check these ‘Terms of Use’ periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Platform following the posting of any changes to these ‘Terms of Use’ constitutes acceptance of those changes.
6.1. Lawyers in Action along with its affiliates operates the Platform for providing fundraising services for the beneficiaries.
6.2. Accordingly, users can use the Platform in the capacity of:
6.3. The funds are collected on the Platform under a fundraising campaign through two entities namely:
6.4. Lawyers in Action tries its best to check the veracity and scope of the free legal aid cases before assigning them to our associated free legal aid provider and before running campaigns.
If you have reason to believe that any of our associated free legal aid providers is not raising or using the funds for the desired purpose, please email at donate@lawyersinaction.org to alert our team of this potential issue and we will investigate to the best of our abilities.
7.1. You may access/browse the Website without registering, but as a condition of using certain features/services of the Platform, including, but not limited to, making donations, you be required to:
7.2. You may register on the Platform and create user profile using an email / mobile number and password. Additionally, you have to furnish your personal details. You shall provide accurate, complete, and updated registration information. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these ‘Terms of Use’, which may result in immediate suspension/cancellation of your account. In registration details, you:
7.3. By registering on our Platform, you declare that you are at least 18 years of age, if you are under 18, you have consent of your parents or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these ‘Terms of Use.
7.4. By registering on our Platform, you declare that you are an authorised representative, if you are acting on behalf of an association/company.
7.5. By registering on our Platform, you declare that:
7.6. You shall not create more than one account for a person. If you have created more than one, we reserve the right to delete/disable such additional, or all the accounts, at our sole discretion.
7.7. The personal account created by you is non-transferable.
7.8. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse registration or suspend/cancel registration for any reason.
8.1. Every donor has to verify his identity. This will include verification of registered mobile number via a One Time Password (OTP), verification of registered email address via a One Time Password (OTP), and one of the identification documents viz. Permanent Account Number, Aadhaar Number, Passport Number, Voter ID Number, etc. The list of accepted documents will be updated on the Website.
8.2. The verification is essential. Failure to comply, may result in suspension of user account.
9.1. You are solely responsible for all the activities that occur on your account and shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password for the Website.
In case of loss of your password, you may retrieve it through the Website.
You will immediately notify us at donate@lawyersinaction.org of any unauthorized use of your account, or other known account-related security breach.
9.2. You may access, update, and deactivate your account at any time you desire. If you deactivate your account, your user data will be archived in our database. You also understand and agree that though you may deactivate your account, the same may still appear on some web pages and online searches.
9.3. If we find any suspicious activity with your account, we may, at our sole discretion, suspend/cancel the account. We may also file a police complaint against the user, if criminal code is breached.
10.1. Through the Website, email, and other media, various content, including, but not limited to user data, comments, statements, reporting, and other material and information (collectively, “User Content”) submitted by the user is made accessible as long as our software system supports such access. Users have the ability to create, read, update, and delete accessible ‘User Content’.
10.2. Users will not submit any content that is harmful, harmful to children, unethical, objectionable, containing virus or any other computer code designed to destroy or interrupt or limit the functionality of the Platform, offensive, abusive, libellous, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, gender biased, racial, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive to privacy, belonging to another person, impersonated, infringing proprietary rights, false, misleading, deceiving, inciting or encouraging an illegal act or money laundering or gambling, preventing investigation of any offence, binging unlawful gain, injurious to any person, threatening the unity and integrity of India or friendly relations with foreign states or public order, insulting other nation.
The Platform will not be responsible for such actions or conduct or any such content which a user shares.
If you find any content inappropriate, please raise the flag mark given against such content to alert our team of this issue and we will delete the content, if inappropriate, and may also suspend/block the user.
10.3. We have a right, at our sole discretion, to delete or modify any user content, or to disable user submission. We reserve the right not to give explanation for any of these actions.
11.1. We have established the following policy for our Website to secure the identity of the victims, accused, petitioners, etc. while recognizing the importance of protecting their identities to ensure their safety and confidentiality:
11.2. The ‘Pseudo Names Policy’ is not used to mislead or deceive our users.
11.3. Any resemblance to other persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
We do not provide any services that are akin to fund management or pooling of funds. We do not provide any financial return in any form whatsoever, including, but not limited to, financial securities, interest, dividend, profit share, rewards, etc. to individuals who donate through the Platform.
Any donation on the Platform by an individual, should not be construed as an investment in any form whatsoever.
The funds collected on the Platform are merely held by us in the capacity of facilitators on behalf of the beneficiaries and we are not the final recipients of the funds. We collect payments only on behalf of the beneficiaries and transfers the funds to the beneficiaries’ bank account during or after the campaign's term has ended based on the instruction from the beneficiaries.
14.1. The Platform offers various payment gateways to facilitate transaction of funds for campaigns.
14.2. Only standard channels of payment - verified credit or debit cards, net banking, UPIs, wallets - will be accepted.
14.3. All the payments made by you towards the donations on the Website shall be compulsorily in Indian Rupees only.
14.4. Donors shall provide the necessary and required details of their credit or debit cards for making online transactions to the authorized online payment gateway of the Website.
14.5. Donors can choose to be 'anonymous', if they don't wish to publish their name and photo on the 'Recent Donations' section of the campaign.
14.6. We reserve the right to refuse to process transactions by users with a prior history of questionable transactions including breach of any law or any charges imposed by issuing bank or breach of any policy.
14.7. We will not be accountable for any sort of charges or taxes levied on the user against donations made by him towards any campaign on the Platform.
14.8. We will not be accountable for transaction failure for any reason; however, you may address your grievance by submitting the Support Form.
14.9. We will not be accountable if money is deducted from your account but not credited to the campaign; however, you may address your grievance by submitting the Support Form.
All donations are final and cannot be refunded. Any donation made towards a campaign on the Platform cannot be refunded, unless it is in accordance with our ‘Refund Policy’. Refunds will be issued only in the following exceptional circumstances:
A donation has been identified to have been initiated via a stolen or unauthorised debit or credit card not belonging to the donor and he wish to claim a refund; subject to the condition only if the Organization has not credited the fund into the bank account of the beneficiary.
You may address your refund request by submitting the Support Form.
16.1. We declare that Lawyers in Action is a non-profit organization, and the Platform only enables the flow of funds from donors to beneficiaries.
16.2. We declare that funds raised through the Platform do not go to the victims/accused/petitioners/etc. directly; however, it goes to our associated free legal aid providers who are the final beneficiaries and are providing free legal aid to these victims/accused/petitioners/etc.
16.3. Donor agrees that the beneficiaries can utilise the funds raised through the Platform in the manner as they want towards the cause of the campaign, including but not limited to, salaries, fee, transportation, accommodation, utilities, etc.
16.4. Donor agrees that he cannot claim any lien or right over the donated money towards any campaign on the Platform.
16.5. Donor agrees that he does not has right to put the beneficiaries under any sort of scrutiny or accusation against his donation made to them.
17.1. Doners, by making donation to a campaign on the Platform, are assumed to have understood that campaigns run the risk of getting delayed or not completing.
17.2. Doners, by making donation to a campaign on the Platform, are assumed to have understood that the result of the legal cause is always uncertain.
17.3. Doners, by making donation to a campaign on the Platform, are assumed to have understood that campaigns run the risk of getting cancelled, suspended, interrupted for any reason.
17.4. Doners, by making donation to a campaign on the Platform, are assumed to have understood that the victims/accused/petitioners/etc. may terminate the legal services of the beneficiary at any stage, and amount paid to the beneficiary is not refundable.
18.1. We do not accept foreign payments / contributions / donations in contravention of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Rules therein.
18.2. By donating towards any campaign, donor declares that the donation does not fall within the ambit of foreign contribution in contravention of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Rules therein.
18.3. If we find that any donor has sent foreign funds towards any campaign on the Platform, we will suspend/cancel his account with immediate effect without notice and shall also file a police complaint against him for breaching the criminal code of India set under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Rules therein and for violating these ‘Terms of Use’ of the Platform.
The Website comply with the Anti-Money Laundering guidelines established by the Reserve Bank of India, vide it's circular RPCD.RRB.RCB.AML.BC.No.02/07.51.018/2014-15 dated 1 July, 2014 and updated from time to time.
We may do marketing of campaigns through various online & offline channels including free as well as paid digital marketing and PR services, and the charges, if any, shall be borne by the beneficiaries.
21.1. The Organization shall have the right to:
21.2. The Organization will not have any ownership rights over your ‘User Content’. You grant to the Organization and its affiliates the worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable, transferable right to:
21.3. The Organization strictly adheres to obligations of an intermediary under Rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 with reference to due diligence by an intermediary.
22.1. The user agrees and provides consent to the Platform to receive all communications including disclosures, notices, agreements, or other information in connection with the Website electronically.
22.2. The user agrees and provides consent to the Platform to contact him via call/email/SMS and to send notifications/updates/promotionals on the phone number and email address registered with the Platform.
If you want to unsubscribe from our marketing/promotional mailing list, you may do so by submitting the ‘Unsubscribe’ response from within that communication.
22.3. The user agrees and acknowledges that all the calls made to him by the representative of the Organization shall be recorded for quality, checks, and record purposes.
23.1. Users are informed that their credit and debit card details are not provided to us by the online payment gateway and remain confidential.
23.2. We make no guaranty of confidentiality or privacy of user data, user content, communication, or information stored or transmitted through the Website or any other website linked to it.
23.3. We will not be liable for any breach of confidentiality or privacy of user data, user content, communication, or information stored or transmitted through the Website or any other website linked to it.
24.1. You agree that the Website contains content provided by the Organization and its affiliates and users and that the content may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, etc. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright and other legal restrictions contained in any content accessed through the Website.
24.2. The Organization grants to each user a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable and non-transferable license to use and reproduce the content, solely for personal, non-commercial use.
24.3. User shall not copy, reproduce, modify, or utilise, in any manner, user data, user content, designs, or any other data or information generated by/through the Platform for the non-personal or general use without the prior written consent of the Organization.
24.4. You agree not to decompile, reverse-engineering or disassemble any data or other content available on this Platform.
25.1. You are publishing your user content and you may be identified publicly by your name or in association with your user content.
25.2. All information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Website is the sole responsibility of the person from which that content originated.
26.1. You shall use the Platform in the manner as explicitly allowed in these ‘Terms of Use’.
26.2. You shall not, and shall not permit any third-party using your account to, take any action, or submit content, that constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or junk email or chain letters.
26.3. You shall not bypass any measures implemented by the Platform to prevent or restrict access to the Service or other accounts, data, computer systems, or networks connected to the Platform.
26.4. You shall not use the Platform for any purpose that is prohibited by these ‘Terms of Use’ or law of the land.
26.5. You shall not make any negative, denigrating or defamatory statement(s) or comment(s) about the Organization or the Platform or their affiliates, or otherwise engage in any conduct or action that might tarnish our image or reputation.
27.1. We have no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that we have no duty to take any action regarding any of the following:
27.2. We do not guarantee the authenticity of any data or information that users provide.
27.3. We do not guarantee the identity of other users with whom you may interact while using the Service.
27.4. You release the Organization from all liability for your having acquired or not acquired content on the Website.
27.5. The Website may contain, or direct you to websites containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. We make no representations concerning any content on the Website, and we are not liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or decency of the content on the Platform. We have no obligation to monitor the Service or Content. Your use of service is solely at your own risk.
27.6. We do not guarantee that any content will be made available through the Website.
27.7. The Service is provided 'as is' and 'as available' and is without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that:
28.1. Donors will not hold the Organization or its affiliates responsible in the event of target fundraise not being met.
28.2. Donors will not hold the Organization or its affiliates responsible for any unforeseen technical glitches.
28.3. You shall defend and indemnify us and our affiliates from all direct and indirect and from and against any claim, liability, damage, cost, expense, lawsuit, and criminal proceeding due to or arising out of violation of these ‘Terms of Use’. The indemnities, if any, shall survive beyond the period of the Agreement.
28.4. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with us in asserting any available defences.
29.1. In no event, the Organization / Platform or its affiliates, including, but not limited to, its trustees, directors, partners, associates, employees, agents, vendors, suppliers, facilitators, or content providers, shall be liable under contract, tort, strict liability, negligence, or any other legal or equitable theory with respect to our services.
29.2. In no event, the total liability of the Organization / Platform towards your all the damages, losses or causes of action shall not exceed the amount you have paid in the last three months or Rs. 1,000/-, whichever is lesser.
We may terminate your account or access to the Website without prior notice. If you wish to terminate your account, you may do so by following the instructions on the Website. All provisions of these ‘Terms of Use’ that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination.
In case of non-compliance with these ‘Terms of Use’ and the ‘Privacy Policy’ of the Platform, we have the right to suspend/terminate the access or usage rights of the user or remove non-compliant information, as the case may be.
32.1. These ‘Terms of Use’, ‘Privacy Policy’, and other referenced material herein or on the Website, are the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Service and shall govern the future relationship, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral or written) between you and us.
32.2. If any provision of these ‘Terms of Use’ is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these ‘Terms of Use’ will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
32.3. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided herein these ‘Terms of Use’ shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder.
33.1. If any dispute, controversy, or claim arises out of or in connection with these ‘Terms of Use’ in which we are a party (“Dispute”), the disputing parties shall use all reasonable endeavours to negotiate with a view to resolving the dispute amicably.
33.2. The disputing parties shall serve a written notice to the other party within 30 days from the date of arising the cause of action to resolve the Dispute amicably. If the party in fault has failed to respond to the notice within 30 days upon its receipt, or the parties have failed to resolve the Dispute amicably within 30 days of service of notice or such longer period as the parties may mutually agree, then the Dispute shall be referred to the final and binding arbitration in accordance with the below terms:
33.3. The existence or subsistence of a dispute between the parties, or the commencement or continuation of arbitration proceedings, shall not, in any manner, prevent or postpone the performance of those obligations of the parties under the Agreement which are not in dispute, and the arbitrators shall give due consideration to such performance, if any, in making a final award.
33.4. Nothing shall preclude a party from seeking interim or permanent equitable or injunctive relief, or both. The pursuit of equitable or injunctive relief shall not be a waiver of the right of the parties to pursue any other remedy or relief through the arbitration.
These ‘Terms of Use’ shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India without reference to any conflict, including, but not limited to, law of torts, law of contracts, etc.
Any dispute arising in relation to these 'Terms of Use’ or ‘Service’ shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Delhi only.
36.1. In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made thereunder, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below who can be contacted with respect to any complaint or concern including those pertaining to breach of these ‘Terms of Use’, ‘Privacy Policy’, or other referenced material therein or on the Website:
Adv. Mujeeb ur Rehman
Lawyers in Action
B-71, Lane No. 7, Shaheen Bagh, Delhi, India, 110025
36.2. Please note that the Grievance Officer may take up to 30 days to fulfil your request.
These ‘Terms of Use’ was updated and became immediately effective on April 2, 2023.