ELECTRONIC SERVICE AGREEMENT

This Service Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”) is the definitive agreement between TSC Travel Service Pvt. Ltd., a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its Registered Office at Office No: 3, 2nd Floor, Midland Financial Centre, 21-22, G.T. Road, Jalandhar, Punjab, India – 144001. (Hereinafter referred to as “TSC”); and the “Agent” subscribing electronically to this service with his/its details captured separately.

(TSC and the Agent are hereinafter individually called “Party” and collectively, “the Parties”)

  1. TSC is the owner of the Website www.tsconline.in (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”), and engaged in the business of providing ticketing, hotel bookings, travel insurance, car rentals, tours, packages and other travel and hospitality goods and services to travel agents;
  2. The Agent is engaged in the business of providing travel services to its customers including ticketing, hotel bookings, travel insurance, car rentals, tours, packages and other alike services intends to avail the various facilities offered by TSC Travel Service Pvt. Ltd. Ltd through the Website for carrying out its business operations; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the payments and other covenants, obligations and representations contained herein, the sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Interpretation

In this Agreement, unless otherwise provided or if the subject or context otherwise requires:

(a) Words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa, and words denoting the whole include a reference to any part thereof.

(b) Clause and Paragraph headings are inserted for ease of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(c) References to this Agreement or any document or agreement include references to such document or agreement as amended, notated, supplemented, varied or replaced from time to time.

(d) The words "including", "include" and "in particular" shall be construed as being by way of illustration only and shall not be construed as limiting the generality of any preceding words.

2. Obligations of the Parties

2.1 Obligations of the Agent:

2.1.1 TSC grants to the Agent a limited, non-transferable right to use the Website in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Agent shall use the TSC Website to make legitimate reservations or purchases and shall not use the Website for any other purposes, including without limitation, to make any speculative, false or fraudulent reservation or any reservation in anticipation of demand.

2.1.2 The Agent agrees that the Website and the content provided on the Website, including the text, graphics, button icons, audio and video clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software, may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed without the prior written permission of TSC Travel Services Pvt. Ltd., and/or its third party providers and distributors, except that the Agent may download, display and print the materials presented on the Website for business and commercial use only.

2.1.3 (i) The Agent shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its password and account information. The Agent may not authorize any third parties to use the services on its behalf, and shall be responsible for all actual or purported use by the Agent and those allowed by the Agent to use the services. The Agent may not divulge, sublicense, transfer, sell or assign its password and account information under any circumstances. Any attempt to do so shall be null and void and shall be considered a material breach of this Agreement.

(ii) The Agent shall be solely responsible for all usage or activity on its account including, but not limited to, use of the account by any person who uses its password and account information, with or without authorization by the Agent. If the Agent has reason to believe that its account is no longer secure (for example, in the event of a loss, theft or unauthorized disclosure or use of its password and account information), it must promptly change the affected password and account information and notify
TSC of the problem by e- mailing it. It is however clarified that the Agent shall be fully liable for all use of its account, including any unauthorized use of its account by any third-party.

2.1.4 Without prejudice to the foregoing core method of making bookings by utilizing the license to access the Website through the login and password, the Agents may from time to time, at TSC discretional written permission, make bookings by:

2.1.4.1. Either sending an offline request for ticketing through email/phone to TSC, with the tickets booked through this mode being reflected/uploaded on to the Website only once ticketing is complete; or

2.1.4.2. Accessing TSC IATA account through sub-logins, with such tickets may never get posted/displayed/uploaded on the Website. Accordingly, it is expressly agreed that the Agent shall be fully liable for payments for the ticketing booked through these non-core methods as well.

2.1.5 The Agent shall not use the services provided by TSC through the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited.

2.1.6 The Agent shall inform TSC immediately by telephone and additionally confirm in writing any matters coming to the its knowledge which indicate a suspected problem (including incorrect pricing) with or misuse of the TSC automated electronic booking system by any person.

2.1.7 The Agent shall use the services provided by TSC at the prices advertised by TSC on the Website (the latest price advised being applicable) provided that the Agent shall be entitled to offer discounts and incentive schemes to its customers at its sole cost and responsibility without affecting its liability to account to TSC in accordance with this Agreement.

2.1.8 The contents of the Website (including information, communications, images and sounds contained on or available through TSC.com) are provided by TSC, its affiliates, independent content providers and third parties. The contents of the Website are copyright © TSC, its affiliates, independent content providers or third parties and cannot be reproduced, modified, transferred, distributed, republished, downloaded, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means including but not limited to electronic, mechanical photocopying or recording without the prior written permission of TSC.

2.1.9 The Agent acknowledges that TSC has not reviewed and does not endorse the content of all sites linked to from the Website and is not responsible for the content or actions of any other sites linked to from the Website. The Agent’s linking to any service or site shall be at its sole risk.

2.1.10 Agent shall be responsible for dispatch of the tickets, vouchers, etc. directly to its customers accompanied with the required delivery challan’s and all other relevant documents as required under the applicable statutory and governmental regulations. Any improper travel documentation, the issuing agent will be responsible to bear the deputation charges.

2.1.11 Agent shall make delivery of tickets/vouchers & other required documents and collect the requisite details and payment from customers.

2.1.12 Agent shall have no authority to bind TSC to any third party commitments of any nature and Agent shall not hold out as an authorized representative of TSC in any manner whatsoever to any third party.

2.1.13 Agent shall be responsible for performance of its obligations and procuring the requisite data in accordance with the prevailing regulatory and statutory guidelines which shall not be limited to collection of Permanent Account Number (PAN) and other details of agency’s customers travelling through purchases on TSC.

2.1.14 The agent shall be responsible for issuance of one way or return tickets as per Airline policies stated by the airlines and under no circumstances hold TSC liable for the same in the court of law. This will be the sole responsibility of the agent to check the tickets issued by TSC as per the agents stated requirements and clarify the same as per airline ticketing rules and policies at their end.

2.2 Obligations of TSC Travel Services Private Limited

2.2.1 TSC and its affiliates may share Agent’s personal information with third parties for the legitimate business interest, which may include but not limited to providing certain key information and updates regarding TSC’s arrangement with TSC, procuring DSC for the Agents, sharing key information received from TSC’s suppliers, etc.

2.2.2 TSC shall use all reasonable endeavors to check the accuracy of the Information published on Website.

2.2.3 TSC shall provide a login and password to Agent, which will allow the Agent a limited access to Website. The access to the website is limited in nature, and TSC will not provide any payment gateways to the Agent and the Agent shall collect payments directly from its own customers.

3. Agent shall at all times use only their own credit or debit cards for the purpose of making payments against the reservations made by Agent for their clients. Own cards means cards issued to the owner, Proprietors, Partner, and Director of the company or cards issued in the Company name.

4. TSC shall under no circumstances be held liable for any deficit in payments made by the Agent against any reservation whatsoever. Agent shall indemnify TSC and keep it indemnified from and against any liabilities that may accrue or be demanded by any bank or payment gateway, in respect of or in connection with the reservations made by the Agent or anything done pursuant to the same.

5. Agent shall undisputedly within 5 days of receiving the demand from TSC, reimburse any and all the charges levied on TSC by any bank or payment gateway against the bookings made by the Agent.

6. TSC holds the right to deposit the security cheque collected at the time of registration in case of breach of payments by the said agent as per BSP cycle stated by IATA. The agent under no circumstances should hold TSC Travel Service liable to this process.

7. In case of import PNR’s any system abuse or ADM’s raised by airlines shall be borne by the agent only and under no circumstances TSC would be held liable for the same. TSC holds the rights to cancel PNR’s and recover the same in case of breach of trust and payments not being done by the agent.

8. Terms of Payment

8.1 The fees and payment for TSC’s Services shall be as specified in Schedule “A” for advance-agents, and shall be as specified in Schedule B for credit-agents.

8.2 The Agent shall also make payment of voiding charges at the rate of Rs. 300 per ticket and refund tickets at the rate of Rs. 300 per ticket (international airline) and Rs.100 and per ticket (domestic airline) plus penalty if any charged by the concerned airlines (i.e. no show, advance purchase violation, class abuse, ticketing time limit etc). These charges will be deducted from the Agent’s ledger balance as and when they occur. However, TSC reserves the right to amend the rates and schedules thereto from time to time through written communication including electronic mode.

8.3 The refund credit will be given back to the Agent after receipt thereof by TSC from the Airline/Hotel/Supplier

8.4 Non-payment/delayed payment will be considered as the breach of the obligations of the Agent, and shall further attract a late payment interest at the rate of 18% per annum. Provided that, TSC’s receipt of the late interest amount shall not be deemed to be any waiver of the primary breach

8.5 Any voiding of ticket will be entertained only till 2300 Hrs.

8.6 Fare rules would be mentioned on TSC.

9. Taxes

TSC shall be entitled to deduct tax from all commissions/ incentives payable to the Agent and applicable TDS certificate(s) will be issued in accordance with applicable legal provisions.

10. Representations and Warranties

10.1 TSC does not warrant nor makes any representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of any data or information contained on the Website. TSC disclaims any liability, responsibility or any other claim, whatsoever, in respect of any loss, whether direct or consequential, to any person, arising out of or from the use of the information contained in the Website.

10.2 Although TSC makes every effort to ensure that the description and content on each page of the Website is correct, it does not, however, take responsibility for any changes occurred due to human, data entry errors or for any loss or damages suffered by any person due to any information contained herein.

Also, TSC does not own or operate airlines and other suppliers and cannot therefore control or prevent changes in the published descriptions.

10.3 The Agent represents and warrants that:

10.3.1 It has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement as at the date of execution of this Agreement.

10.3.2 It is not aware of any charges, actions, suits, and proceedings etc., actual or threatened, which would restrict or prohibit him from performing any of your obligations under this Agreement.

10.3.3 There are no current, pending or threatened actions or proceedings before any court, arbitrator, administrative tribunal or government authority which might materially and adversely affect its business, assets or conditions (financial or otherwise) or operations or the ability to perform obligations under this Agreement.

11. Two Factor Verification

TSC, in the interest of providing digital security measures, shall offer the Agent with an additional “Two Factor Verification” process (One time OTP on mobile and email to be entered at the time of every login attempt); acceptance of the same shall be within the sole discretion of the Agent.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein the Agreement, TSC shall not be held liable for any event(s) of fraud committed upon the Agent and/or misuse of Agent’s online account, through breach of agent’s password on TSC portal, or other means, in the absence of a two factor authentication process.

Two Factor Verification shall mean “Two-factor authentication is a security mechanism, Two Factor Authentication, also known as 2FA, two step verification or TFA (as an acronym), is an extra layer of security that requires not only a password and username but also something that only, and only, that user has on them.

12. Indemnity

12.1 The Agent agrees and undertakes to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless TSC its employees, officers, directors, agents or representatives from and against any and all liabilities, damages, fines, penalties and costs (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith and interest chargeable thereon) arising from or relating to:

12.1.1 any breach of any statute, regulation, direction, orders or standards from any governmental body, agency, or regulator;

12.1.2 any breach of the terms and conditions in this Agreement by the Agent or its employees, officers, directors, agents or representatives;

12.1.3 Any claim of any infringement of any intellectual property right or any other right of any third party or of law.

12.1.4 Any claim made by any third party/user arising out of the use of the services and/or arising in connections with services offered by the Agent under this Agreement.

12.1.5 The Agent also agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless TSC and/or its affiliates, partner websites and their respective lawful successors and assigns from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses asserted against or incurred by the TSC and/or its affiliates, partner websites and their respective lawful successors and assigns that arise out of, result from, or may be payable by virtue of, any breach or non-performance of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made or obligation to be performed by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement.

13. Liability

13.1 The Agent acknowledges that TSC acts only as a website provider and therefore it has no liability whatsoever for any aspect of the arrangements between the Agent and the customer as regard to the services provided by the Agent. In no circumstances shall TSC be liable for any activities/ services provided by the Agent.

13.2 The Website may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of TSC and it is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. TSC is not responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received from any Linked Site. TSC is providing these links to the Agent only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by TSC of the site or any association with its operators or owners including the legal heirs or assigns thereof.

13.3 TSC does not accept responsibility for any defects that may exist or for any costs, loss of profits, loss of data or consequential losses arising from the Agent’s use of, or inability to use or access or a failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the service at any time. The Agent acknowledges that TSC has no control over and TSC excludes all liability for any material on the World Wide Web, which can be accessed by using the Website.

13.4 TSC.com shall not be liable to the Agent or any other party claiming for the Agent by virtue of termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever for any claim for loss or profit or on account for any expenditure, investment, leases, capital improvements or any other commitments made by the Agent or any other party in connection with their business made in reliance upon or by virtue of this Agreement.

14. Term and Termination of Contract

14.1 This Agreement shall enter into effect on and from the date first mentioned hereinabove and shall continue to be in operation unless otherwise terminated by either Party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

14.2 Either Party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by giving a notice to the other Party.

14.3 TSC may also terminate this Agreement and/or discontinue provision of any of the services at any time for any reason, including any improper use of the Website or the Agent’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such termination shall not affect any right to relief to which TSC

14.4 TSC and its third party providers and distributors may be entitled, at law or in equity. Upon termination of this Agreement and these terms and conditions, all rights granted to the Agent will terminate and revert to TSC and its third party providers or distributors, as applicable.

14.5 The Agent agrees and understands that in case of breach of clause 3: Term of Payment, TSC reserves a rights to cancel all the unutilized bookings for the future dates wherein the Agent will fully indemnify and hold harmless TSC against any claims of its customer in relation to such bookings.

14.6 In addition to the above, TSC may terminate this agreement as follows;

(a) upon 30 (thirty) calendar days prior written notice without giving any reason or

(b) immediately upon written notice in the event Agent’s undergoes a change of control (i.e. any a change of control (i.e. any person(s) or entity(ies) acquires fifty per cent (50%) or more of Agent’s issued and outstanding shares or other securities)

14.7 The agent agrees that in case of non-payment on due dates TSC reserves the right to block further issuance and reissuance of tickets till the old payment is made in full.

14.8 In case mirror ID’s are given to agent for issuance and PNR’S creation at agent’s office. Agent will be responsible for following guidelines set by airlines for ticket issuance. Any abuse/ misuse of mirror ID access resulting in ADM’s for airlines will be borne by the agent.

14.9 With immediate effect from the date of termination, the Agent shall cease to use the services offered by TSC and shall immediately deliver up to TSC in accordance with the directions of TSC all documents and other property (including without limitation financial and statutory records) belonging to TSC (insofar as such property and information was obtained in pursuance of the performance of services under this Agreement).

15. Confidentiality

15.1 The Agent acknowledges that all documents and any other material containing or referring to confidential information which at any time are or become within or under its control, power or possession are, shall become and shall at all times remain the property of TSC, to which the confidential information relates.

15.2 The Agent undertakes (both during the term and after the termination date):

(a) On request made at any time by TSC, to deliver all the confidential information (including copies thereof) or delete the confidential information from any re-usable material in accordance with the directions of TSC;

(b) Not to use or disclose any confidential information except as is necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement or except as required by law or any regulatory body, provided that this clause shall not apply to confidential information which comes into the public domain other than through the default of any member of the Agent;

(c) Not to copy or reproduce any confidential information in any form or on any media or device except as is necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(d) To ensure that the password and account information provided to it by the TSC for accessing the Website is secured by all means.

16. Intellectual Property Rights

16.1 The contents of the Website (including information, communications, images and sounds contained) are provided by TSC, its affiliates, independent content providers and third parties. The

contents of this site are copyright © of TSC, its affiliates, independent content providers or third parties and cannot be reproduced, modified, transferred, distributed, republished, downloaded, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means including but not limited to electronic, mechanical photocopying or recording without the prior written permission of TSC

16.2 TSC has and shall retain all ownership rights in the Website, including all patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, related goodwill and Confidential and proprietary information. The Agent will have no rights in the Website except as explicitly stated in this Agreement.

17. Governing Law:

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and in accordance with the Laws of India, and subject to Arbitration provisions below, with the exclusive forum being courts at Jalandhar.

18. Arbitration

18.1 Any and all disputes or controversies arising out of or in connection with the interpretation, performance or non-performance, or termination of this Agreement, shall, to the extent possible, be settled in the first instance by prompt and good faith negotiations between the Parties.

18.2 If the dispute cannot be settled within seven (7) days by mutual discussions, the dispute shall finally be settled by arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by a sole arbitrator to be appointed by TSC. The venue of arbitration shall be Jalandhar and the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English language.

18.3 Each Party shall bear its own costs (including legal costs) for participating in the arbitration proceedings. The arbitrator’s fees and expenses and other incidental expenses shall be paid by the Parties as determined by the arbitral tribunal.

19. Assignment

The Agent shall not assign or transfer all or any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of TSC.

20. Force Majeure

Neither Party to this Agreement shall be liable for failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder during any period in which such performance is delayed by Force Majeure event including but not limited to fire, Pandemics, flood, war, riot, embargo, organized labor stoppage, earthquake, hurricane, acts of civil or military authorities, acts of terrorism, acts of god etc. beyond the reasonable control of the Parties, provided that the Party whose performance is affected by the event of Force Majeure gives notice in writing to the other Party of such event and provided further that the Party whose performance is so affected did not act in a reckless manner or did not willfully misconduct itself.

21. Severability

The various provisions of the Agreement are severable and if any provision is found by the Parties hereto or is held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any of its other provisions unless it goes to the root of the Agreement or radically affects it.

22. Entire Agreement and Amendments

This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges all prior discussions and negotiations between them. No modification to or amendment of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless made in writing by means of a side-letter and signed on behalf of the Parties by their duly authorized officers or representatives.

23. GENERAL PROVISIONS

23.1 Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall insure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assignees. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto and the TSC persons, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

23.2 Annexes and Schedules. The Annexes, Schedules and any revisions to this Agreement are a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.

23.3 Notices. All notices, consents, approvals or other communication required to be given or served hereunder by either Party to the other Party shall be in writing, and in English and shall be personally delivered to, left at, sent by registered post, email, courier or speed post by either Party to the other Party at the addresses

Mentioned here in below.

TSC Travel Service Pvt Ltd.

Office No: 3, 2nd Floor,
Midland Financial Centre,
21-22, G.T. Road, Jalandhar,
Punjab, India – 144001.

Schedule A for Advance Agents Payments

The Agent shall make payment for the services availed under this Agreement by cheque/ demand draft/online payment/payment gateway in advance.

The Advance paid by the Agent to TSC is nonrefundable and shall at all times be utilized for making transactions at the TSC’s platform only and shall under no circumstances be refunded back to the Agent.

Schedule B for Credit Agents Payments

Invoicing and Payments:

23.3.1 All account statements shall be available online. In some cases offline statements (not invoices) will be mailed to the Agents. The Agent shall make payments as per online statements, unless they are receiving offline statements, which will then override and supersede the online statements. Further, offline statements may be revised to adjust unbilled invoices, refunds, incorrect commissions and the revised statements will be payable in full subject to reconciliation by the Agent.

23.3.2 Agent is liable to make the payments as follows:

(a) For agents on IATA credit, the payment for International and Domestic bookings should be made at least 2 days before the BSP date if the payment is made by Cheque. In case the payment is being made by RTGS /Bank Transfers, the same should be received before the BSP Payment Schedule date.

(b) The BSP payment schedule is being notified by IATA to all the IATA and agents. Non IATA agents are responsible to refer to IATA schedule on their own.

(c) For agents on Weekly credit, the payment for International and Domestic bookings done between Sundays to Saturday (both days included) should be made on every Monday for the previous week if the payment is made by Cheque. In case the payment is being made by RTGS /Bank Transfers, the same should be received by Wednesday for the previous week.

(d) For agents on Daily Credit, The Agent shall make payments due for International & Domestic bookings the same day or the following working calendar day by 12 pm either through Transfer Cheque, RTGS or Cash Deposits. Any other terms and conditions communicated by TSI-Yatra in writing will be applicable

23.3.3 The payments shall be subject to deduction of tax at source (TDS) as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Any other applicable taxes will be over and above the agreed rates.

23.3.4 For the purposes of other products except Air bookings, Agent shall require to pay in advance while booking.

23.3.5 Any cancellation of bookings shall be adjusted in next payment cycle and credit note shall be issued of the cancelled tickets. Retention and cancellation charges on hotel and/or air products would be on actual.

23.3.6 No refund would be payable for any requests made after the expiry of 1 year from the date of original ticket issuance. All unclaimed amounts within such prescribed time limit shall accordingly be forfeited and your right to recover the same beyond the prescribed timeline shall be deemed extinguished.

23.3.7 Any payments due and payable under this Agreement that remain unpaid on the relevant due date of payment shall accrue interest at the rate of 18% per annum from the due date of payment until full payment is made.

23.3.8 TSC reserves the right to cancel un-flown segments to recover dues beyond 7 days from the promised payment date, with all liability being that of the Agent for such cancellations. In addition, agent will pay a daily penalty of Rs 1000 for every day of delay in making full payment.

23.3.9 TSC shall not be held liable in the court of law for depositing the security deposit cheque given by the agent and en cash the same in case of delayed payments beyond BSP payment date or in case of default of payments.