Terms and Conditions
APPLICABILITY

These Terms & Conditions are applicable to all marketing and promotional material (Content) issued by GHF in any form and media, physical or digital or any other platform. This shall be considered a General Disclaimer for all the Content.

Please read the Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) provided below carefully as they will govern conduct, rights, responsibility, and obligations of a User with regard to website of Godrej Housing Finance Limited (“GHF”).

INTRODUCTION

Godrej Housing Finance Limited is a Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (NBFC-HFC) registered with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) engaged in the business of providing finance solutions to the eligible applicants. For acquainting prospective borrowers about its brand, its products, and offerings GHF has issued various types and kinds of material on its website.

RBI DISCLAIMER

“Godrej Housing Finance Limited” is having a valid Certificate of Registration (Without permission to accept Public Deposits) dated 26th October 2020 issued by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 29 A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. However, the Reserve Bank of India/National Housing Bank does not accept any responsibility or guarantee about the present position as to the financial soundness of the Company or for the correctness of any statements or representations made or opinions expressed by the Company and for repayment of deposits/discharge of liabilities by GHF.

DEFINITIONS

Content means and includes any material, information, advisory, calculators, FAQs, data or graphs, money market movements, interactive media, marketing material, news items, texts, graphics, links etc., whether belonging to GHF or to its associates, partners and other group entities, which is available either directly or through marketing or Promotional Material of GHF, displayed, hosted on the Website or on any other website or available in print / digital, audio, video or any other media anywhere.

Consumer/User refers to the person (s) who is / are viewing/exposed to the Content through any media form or manner. In the document all reference to “You”, “Us”, “Me”, “We” and “I” shall be to Consumer/User.

Website shall refer to any website on which Content is being displayed/hosted.

DECLARATION & USE OF CONTENT
  • I have willingly and with my consent agreed to visit this Website.
  • I / we understand that GHF uses a third party offering for Website and GHF does not represent them or assures their service or any performance standard and in case of any dispute we would have to approach them with no recourse to GHF
  • I / we understand that the financial products / services provided through Website on acceptance will lead creation of financial liability towards GHF.
  • I/We agree and understand that GHF may collect information provided by me/ us during visit to Website and I/ We shall not dispute this retention.
  • I/We agree and declare that we shall keep all details, documents and media or any other information related to the Website as confidential and will take prior permission from GHF before sharing it with any third party
  • The user acknowledges that in order to fully access the Website he would require an active internet connection which can be Wi-Fi or the Local Area Network (LAN) connection. GHF does not assume any responsibility/liability if the User is not able to go through the Website due to absence/ insufficiency of the required internet connection.
  • GHF will not be concerned with any dispute between the user and the Internet Service Provider and/or any third party providing the internet connection or any other services responsible to run the website and will not be a party to same.
  • The User shall be responsible in obtaining and maintaining all computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to this Website.
DECLARATION FOR MARKETING MATERIAL
  • I / we understand that hosting of any residential / non-residential Project details / any other product offering or branding in Website is not endorsement of it by GHF and its responsibility of the User to ascertain its details and its selection is on risk and judgement of User.
  • Content shall not be regarded as an offer, solicitation, invitation, advice or recommendation to buy/sell financial products of GHF or any of its group entities.
  • Content is designed for informative purposes only. User is advised to go through Finance Documents before taking any product or service from GHF.
  • Decision to offer any Product to Consumer shall be solely of GHF.
  • Periodicity of any offer shall be decided by the GHF and any offer declared may be closed without further notice.
  • The User acknowledges that all rates, charges and fees quoted / stated for various financial products and schemes and interest rates cited as examples of rates which may be in effect from time to time are indicative rates only and are subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of GHF and its group entities as the case may be, and applicable Indian laws. These charges, fees and rates may change depending upon the assessment made by GHF in individual cases upon receiving necessary information and documents.
  • You are advised to verify any information / details regarding any project or site including RERA details from the official sources.
  • GHF shall be liable and responsible only for the Content which it has issued in its name and in event, the logo, branding name or any other determinative or identifier related to GHF is used by any other entity, with or without GHF permission, for any purpose including for offering any loan through any partnership or otherwise, the Consumer is advised to review the veracity of claim before making any decision. No liability and responsibility shall accrue to GHF.
  • Any Content which conflicts with any provision of law or regulation shall be considered to be null and void ab initio
  • Adjectives are to be understood in a broader term and not literally. Easy to understand language has been used for delivery of messages and difficult / industry parlance has been avoided. In case of doubt, please contact branch or contact centre
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Content belongs to GHF and cannot be used by Consumer in any manner without prior express written permission of GHF. Hosting of Content on a public forum does not dilute the ownership of GHF.

NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY

No information sent to any User through the Content shall constitute any representation, warranty by GHF regarding creditworthiness, financial performance or prospects, solvency, of any User or any other legal entity.

GHF may at any time update, remove, replace, edit, alter any information in whole or in part forming part of Content & shall not be held responsible for any matters arising out of said.

In the event, the Website contains links to other Websites of affiliate or group company of GHF, the content, products, services offered on such linked websites, or any quality of the products/services are not endorsed, verified, or monitored by GHF.

DAMAGES & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall GHF, its Directors, employees or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages of any nature whatsoever arising or connected with use or performance of Website including but not limited to any loss, damage, expense arising from any defect, error, omission, interruption, fault, mistake or inaccuracy.

AMENDMENT

GHF reserves the right to change the information provided on or via Content, at any time and without notice. GHF shall not be held responsible for all or any actions that may subsequently result in any loss, damage and or liability on account of such change in the information on this Content.

GOVERNING LAW

The Website and terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws of India. All disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions shall be submitted to exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of Mumbai.

Terms and Conditions of Digital Sanction

Please read the Terms and Conditions provided below carefully as they will govern the “Instant Sanction” & “Digital Journey” which an User will have with Godrej Housing Finance Limited (“GHF”)

DEFINITIONS

Acceptance is acceptance to any type of terms & conditions will be usage of the Digital Sanction. For application form and sanction letter or offering of any kind which is made to the User by the Company through any of the mode (a) OTP, (b) email acceptance, (c)e-sign or (d) any other mode introduced by company.

Co-Applicant is an applicant whose name comes post Main Applicant in the order of applicants. However, the order of name does not impact either the liability or responsibility of the User. A co-applicant will act as an agent of main applicant. There may be multiple co-applicants. Main applicant and co-applicants are together referred to as applicants.

Content means and includes any material, information, advisory, calculators, FAQs, data, or graphs, money market movements, interactive media, marketing material, news items, texts, graphics, links etc, whether or not belonging to GHF, which is available hosted, displayed either directly or through a link or pathway in Website.

Digital Journey is a process hosted on digital media,which may or may not have support of (a) in-person GHF employee /representative, (b) tele-support by GHF employee / representative or (c)co-browsing chat bot, through which GHF allows User to participate inits Risk Qualification Process wherein he may be offered to opt for different loan products / other products by GHF subject to User qualifying to the internal policies of GHF. In the event, User qualifies, a Sanction Letter shall be shared with them, however, acceptance of Sanction Letter is the sole decision of User.

Digital Sanction: Digital Journey together with Instant Sanction is referred to as Digital Sanction.

E-Sign is an IT enabled facility provided with the help of independent Telecom Companies which is one of the facilities used bythe User to give their acceptance to the Company.

Godrej Housing Finance Limited is a Housing Finance Company registered with Reserve Bank of India as a Non-Banking Finance Company – Housing Finance Company (NBFC-HFC). It may be referred to as either GHF or Company interchangeably.

Instant Sanction is a process which may or may not have support of (a) in-person GHF employee / representative, (b) tele-support by GHF employee / representative or (c) co-browsing chat bot, wherein GHF will convey a to the User sanctioned amount which will be anin-principle non-binding sanction on either party basis the limited information shared by the customer and qualify him to participate further in Digital Journey / normal loan process leading to full appraisal of his credit eligibility.

Main Applicant is the applicant whose name comes first in the order of applicants. However, the order of name does not impact either the liability or responsibility of the User. A main applicant will act as an agent of co-applicant. Main applicant and co-applicants are together referred to as applicants.

OTP or One Time Password is a SMS based confirmation facility provided with the help of independent Telecom Companies whichis one of the facilities used by the User to give their acceptance to the Company.

Risk Qualification Process is the internal credit process of the company which is proprietary to the Company which is to be decided solely by the company.

Sanction Letter is a document containing terms and conditions specific to the grant of loan amount to the User.

User refers to the person (s) who is / are submitting their personal information on own consent with GHF for the purpose of participating in Instant Sanction & Digital Journey and who shall be bound by the Terms and Conditions mentioned herein. The applicants working either individually or together for going through Instant Sanction or Digital Journey will be referred collectively as User. In the document all reference to “You”, “Us”, “Me”, “We” and “I” shall be to User.

INTRODUCTION

This is a binding arrangement between you, the user, and GHF, establishing the terms and conditions under which the Digital Sanction may be undertaken by the User. By accessing, through any means and media this Digital Sanction, you agree to be bound irrevocably by these terms and conditions. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of specific products or services and terms and conditions of Digital Sanction, the conditions specific to such products or services shall prevail.

USER DECLARATION

I declare that I having willingly and with my consent agreed to be part of the “Digital Experience” and that I will share all the particulars and information as is required in this Digital Experience in truthful, accurate and complete manner and understand that they shall form the basis of any decision of the Company to consider me for grant of any loan / credit facility / other offering which GHF may decide to grant me.

I/We expressly authorise GHF or any of its group entities / authorised agents & representatives to carry out the all requisite checks by such processes as may be permissible under law for considering my application for loan including but not limited to

  • KYC checks and / or KYC processes such as Video KYC, Aadhar offline verification or any other approved KYC mechanism,
  • Obtaining credit history from Credit Information Companies,
  • Obtaining / conducting credit verification checks,
  • Accessing my Bank records,
  • Verifying my income and expenses
  • Verifying my contact details
  • Employment verification,
  • Accessing and procuring data from databases maintained by statutory or other authorities constituted by law
  • Authentication / verification of documents submitted by me or which comes into possession of company during Risk Qualification Processor
  • Any other details submitted during the journey, and
  • Any other check which the GHF may deem fit and necessary

I /we understand that hosting of any Content/residential/non-residential project details/any other product offering or branding on Website is not endorsement of it by GHF and its responsibility of the User to ascertain its details and its selection is on risk and judgement of User.

I / we understand that we may have to use any third party offering during this Digital Sanction process and GHF does not represent them or assures their service or any performance standard and in case of any dispute we would have to approach them with no recourse to GHF.

I / we understand that the financial products / services provided through Digital Sanction on acceptance will lead creation of financial liability towards GHF.

I/We agree and understand that GHF reserves its right to retain the documents / information provided by me/ us even in case I / we do not qualify under the Risk Qualification Process and I/ We shall not dispute this retention.

I/We agree and declare that we shall keep all details, documents and media or any other information related to the Digital Sanction processas confidential and will take prior permission from GHF before sharing it with any third party.

The user acknowledges that in order to fully access the Digital Sanction he would require an active internet connection which can be Wi-Fi or the Local Area Network (LAN) connection. GHF does not assume any responsibility/liability if the User is not able to go through the Digital Sanction due to absence/ insufficiency of the required internet connection.

GHF will not be concerned with any dispute between the user and the Internet Service Provider and/or any third party providing the internet connection or any other services responsible to run the website and will not be a party to same.

The User acknowledges that all rates, charges and fees quoted / stated for various financial products and schemes and interest rates cited as examples of rates which may be in effect from time to time are indicative rates only and are subject to change at any time at the sole discretion of GHF and its group entities as the case may be, and applicable Indian laws. These charges, fees and rates may change depending upon the assessment made by GHF in individual cases upon receiving necessary information and documents.

The user shall be responsible in obtaining and maintaining all computer hardware and other equipment needed for access to and use this Digital Sanction.

I / We agree that the Digital Sanction shall be governed by the rules, guidelines, directives etc. issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) or National Housing Bank (NHB) or any other competent authority.

USE OF INFORMATION AND MATERIALS

You are advised to exercise due caution and/or seek independent advice before availing any facility or entering into any financial obligation based on the Content you will come across in Digital Sanction. The Content which you will receive in Digital Sanction or other terms are provided on an “as is”, “as available” basis and are protected by copyright. You cannot distribute the Content to others without the express written consent of GHF. You cannot copy, download, publish, distribute or reproduce any of the Content which you will receive in Digital Sanction in any form without prior permission of GHF.

The Content which you will receive in Digital Sanction should not be regarded as an offer, solicitation, invitation, advice or recommendation to buy or sell investments, securities or any other instrument or financial products / schemes of GHF, or any of its group entities. Use of the products or services described in Digital Sanction may not be permitted in some countries and if in doubt, you should check with your local regulator or authority before requesting further information on such products/ services. Products and Services are available only at the discretion of GHF and its group entities, subject to the individual contractual terms and conditions of products and services on which they are offered and such products and services may be withdrawn or amended at any time without notice. The full range of products or services may not be available in all locations.

The user acknowledges and declares that Third parties assistance, by both User and GHF, may be required for using the Digital Sanction and GHF does not provide any assurance or warranty for the standard or continuance of their service.

NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY

No information sent to any user through this Digital Sanction shall constitute any representation or warranty by GHF regarding the credit-worthiness, financial performance or prospects, solvency, or viability of any company or other legal entity or the business carried on by such entity.

All information in this website is being provided under the condition and understanding that the same is not being interpreted or relied on as legal, accounting, tax, financial, investment or other professional advice, or as advice on specific facts or matters. GHF may at any time (without being obliged to do so) update, edit, alter and or remove any information in whole or in part that may be available on this Digital Sanction process and shall not be held responsible for all or any actions that may subsequently result in any loss, damage and or liability. Nothing contained herein is to be construed as a recommendation to use any product or process, and GHF makes no representation or warranty, express or implied that, the use thereof will not infringe any patent, or otherwise. The User is expected to keep abreast of any changes made in this website and the information available on it on a regular basis and GHF and its group entities undertake no responsibility about advising the user/clients about any such changes.

GHF makes no warranties as to the confidentiality or security of the information or messages whether personal or otherwise received through Digital Sanction unless otherwise specified expressly and bound through applicable law.

Though GHF will endeavour to ensure that information contained on this Digital Sanction Process is obtained from sources which, it considers, are reliable, GHF and its subsidiaries do not warrant such information’s completeness or accuracy.

Though reasonable efforts are maintained by GHF to ensure that Digital Sanction process is free from all viruses no representation is being made that it is free from all defects and User is accessing it at his own risk.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

GHF, its directors and employees accept no liability and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly (including special, incidental or consequential, punitive, or exemplary loss, damage or expenses) from your use of this Digital Sanction process, howsoever arising, and including any loss, damage or expense arising from, but not limited to, any defect, error, omission, interruption, imperfection, fault, mistake or inaccuracy, its Contents or associated services, or due to any inaccessibility of this Digital Sanction process or any part thereof or any contents or associated services even if the Users are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses.

ACCEPTANCE

As part of Digital Sanction Process the user may be asked to sign the documents such as Application form, Sanction letter etc with the aid of OTP, E-sign facility, email acceptance or any other which will lead to acceptance of the terms and is equal to the acceptance of documents in written form. Users may be asked to input their aadhar number for e-sign and share OTP for e-sign. The company does not store the AADHAR number or OTP. A copy of the signed document will be shared with the User for his record.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All rights relating to this Digital Sanction process as well as its functionalities are the exclusive property of Godrej Housing Finance Limited (particularly including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, source code, patents as well as any other intellectual property right). All the information provided on or via this Digital Sanction process (including all texts, graphics, design or logos) shall be the intellectual property of GHF and/ or its group entities. You agree not to copy, forward, download or share content without obtaining the necessary rights or permissions to do so. You also agree not to abuse the use of this Digital Sanction Process.

In the event any content on the Digital Sanction process or any intellectual property of GHF are copied / used by the user for any profit or non-profit venture then the User shall be liable to pay for damages as set out by GHF.

LINKED WEBSITES

This Digital Sanction Process may contain links to other websites of affiliate companies or group entities of GHF. This Digital Sanction Process may also contains links to external websites, having further linked websites, controlled or offered by third parties (Non-Affiliates of GHF), in order to help you find relevant websites, services and/or products which may be of interest to you, quickly and easily. The contents displayed or products / services offered on such linked websites or any quality of the products/ services are not endorsed, verified or monitored by GHF. GHF is also not responsible for the owners or operators of such external links or websites or for any products or services they supply or for the contents of their websites and do not give or enter into any conditions, warranties, express or implied; or other terms or representations in relation to any of these or accept any liability in relation to any of these (including any liability arising out of any claim that the content of any external websites to which this website includes a link infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party).

RBI DISCLAIMER

“Godrej Housing Finance Limited (“GHF”) is having a valid Certificate of Registration (Without Permission to accept Public Deposits) dated …………… issued by the Reserve Bank of India under Section 29A of the National Housing Bank Act, 1987. However, the Reserve Bank of India/ National Housing Bank does not accept any responsibility or guarantee about the present position as to the financial soundness of the company or for the correctness of any of the statements or representations made or opinions expressed by the company and for repayment of deposits / discharge of the liabilities by GHF”.

GOVERNING LAW

This website and the terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with all applicable laws of India, unless stated otherwise. All disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or use of this website shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai. The Laws of India shall apply.

You confirm that you have/had no insolvency proceedings against you nor have you ever been adjudicated insolvent by any court or other authority.

AMENDMENTS

GHF reserves the right to change the information provided on or via this Digital Sanction Process, including these terms and conditions or to charge for its services, at any time and without notice. It is recommended that you periodically review the information provided on or via this Digital Sanction Process, including these terms and conditions, periodically for changes. GHF shall not be held responsible for all or any actions that may subsequently result in any loss, damage and or liability on account of such change in the information on this website.

SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION

GHF can at any time, without the need to give a reason, notice or compensation, suspend your ability to use this Digital Sanction process. The suspension or cancellation of the licence to use this Digital Sanction process will mean that you will no longer have any access to your data, without you having any recourse against GHF or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates.

ACCURACY AND CORRECTNESS OF INFORMATION

You confirm that any information provided by you or any details shared for the Digital Sanction process are correct and you undertake to pass on any modifications to GHF. You shall indemnify and hold GHF harmless against any loss, damage or costs suffered / incurred by GHF as a result erroneous information supplied by you or your authorized Users. Specifically, you are responsible for the confidentiality of any codes and passwords allowing you to use this Digital Sanction process, and access to your information as well as this use and this access by any third party, whether or not they are authorised by you.

COMMUNICATION

You agree that GHF or its group entities or their employees or agents may share all information and details as provided by you in your application in relation to your existing loans and/ or repayment history to any third party including but not limited to its group companies, service providers, banks, financial institutions, credit bureaus, telecommunication companies, statutory bodies etc. for customer verification, personalisation of products and services, credit rating, data enrichment, marketing or promotion of the products or services of Godrej Housing Finance Limited or its group entities or of any other service provider.

You agree that you consent to receiving any other information through telephone / e-mail / SMS / WhatsApp or any other electronic / digital medium for marketing purposes from any GHF / its group entities or other service provider even though your name appears in the National Customer Preference Registry (Do Not Disturb Registry). You expressly agree that any such calls/SMS/e-mails/WhatsApp messages or electronic/ digital messages will not cause any inconvenience to you or your family members.

You expressly and irrevocably consent that for any claim against the service providers, GHF or its group entities shall not be liable and your claim on this account shall be against the service providers and/or tele-callers. You agree to the use of WhatsApp or other electronic/ digital media for communication or sharing of information or documents or for sending notices, agree to abide by the terms and conditions of such applications and agree to the risks associated with such applications or sharing of information or issuance of notices through them. Further, you agree that any acceptance of terms & conditions by you through / e-mail/ SMS/WhatsApp or any other electronic/ digital medium will be binding on you.