a) Organiser will not be a part of the decision-making process during Jury meetings.

b) Jury Member shall decide on evaluation/disqualification/qualification/re-categorisation for all Applicants.

c) If no Applicant in a category is found to be worthy of inclusion by the Jury, the Award category may be cancelled or merged with another category as per decision of the Jury members.

d) If jury member/s are from the same organization or firm that submitted a nomination, that specific entry will not be evaluated by those jury members. Instead, categories will be assessed by remaining panel of Jury.

e) The decision of the Jury shall be final, non-contestable and binding on all participants. The Awards management will not entertain any queries in this regard.

f) Organizer shall not be under any obligation to disclose scores obtained by the Nominee/ Awardee.

g) Organisers may modify the terms of the Award without notice, hence Applicants are requested to keep themselves updated at regular intervals.

h) Organiser has the right to ask for proof of information provided in the nomination form. If such a request is made and the participant does not agree or the information provided is incorrect then the participant could be disqualified and if the Award is already conferred, then the Awardee shall be liable to return the Award and withdraw the promotional materials from all the platforms.

i) Organiser shall not be liable for any loss or damage that a nominee, awardee or any 3rd party may suffer as a result of participating or attempting to participate the Awards or Awards being withdrawn or its terms being amended. Nominees and Winners agree that

they shall hold harmless the Organiser, its employees, officers or representatives and shall defend them against any loss, claim, demands, costs, damages, judgments, expenses or liability arising out of or in connection with any claims in connection with participation or winning the Award.

j) Organizers reserve the right to disqualify a nomination if it doesn’t meet the criteria and/or is misleading or may refuse the entries that may offend national or religious sentiments.

k) Organiser may contact the Applicants at the request of jury, during the evaluation process, should any questions about the implementation or presentation of the work arise.

l) Organiser shall have the right to use the submitted information in form of text, images, audio/video clips in Print, Radio, TV (free-to-air, pay, cable, satellite, direct-to-home), Mobile, Out-of-Home, Internet or any other Digital medium for promoting or reporting the awards, with due credit to the Applicant.

m) Organiser cannot and shall not be accountable / liable for any disruptions / stoppages / interruptions or cancellation of the Awards due to any force majeure reasons.

n) The decision of Organiser in relation to the interpretation of any of these Terms shall be final and binding on the Applicant.

o) Please note that there will not be any refunds under any circumstances.

p) All entries shall be original work and if an entry is found to be plagiarized/ not factual, it will be disqualified. Applicant shall ensure they have intellectual property rights & other rights of brand being submitted for nomination.

q) Advertisement by Awardee should be only for the category in which they have received the award and not for some other category. Awardee may promote receipt of Award subject to compliance with ASCI guidelines and other applicable laws

r) All disputes relating to or arising out of the Awards / nominations shall be subject to the laws of India and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Mumbai, India.