VOTING WINDOW IS CLOSED
‘SUR NAVA DHYAS NAVA SEASON 6’
VOTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
The VOTING RULES AND REGULATIONS as contained herein shall be binding on each and every individual, who participates in voting activity (“Poll”) for the program titled “Sur Nava Dhyas Nava Season 6” (“Program”) by casting his/her vote, using the Voting Mechanism (as defined below), for the Nominees (as defined below) in the Program being aired on “Colors Marathi”, (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Channel”), and other platforms owned and operated by Viacom18 Media Private Limited (“Viacom18”). The Principal Voting Rules and Regulations and General Rules (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Rules and Regulations”) are stated hereunder:
PRINCIPAL VOTING RULES AND REGULATIONS:
- 1. The Program’s finale is a viewer’s choice award event wherein the viewer’s vote for their favorite artist(s) from the program of the Channel, (“Nominee(s)”). Viewers will be asked to cast their vote(s) through the Voting Mechanism or such other means/mechanism as communicated to them by the Channel, to nominate their favorite Nominees of their choice, in the Program. Based on the total number of such votes received in favor of each of the Nominee shall stand a chance to win an award in the Program.
- 1a. It is hereby clarified that the selection/elimination process is subject to change at the sole discretion of the Channel and Viacom18.
- 2. Viewers of the Program shall cast their votes for their favorite Nominees as mentioned in Rule 5 below. In the Program, the Nominee who receives the maximum number of votes from the viewers shall stand a chance to win the award in the (“Winners”) Program.
- 3. Viacom18 and/or the Channel reserves the right to change the dates, the timings and days of telecast of the episode(s) of the Program, without giving any prior intimation to the viewers.
- 4. The telecast of the Program shall air on the Channel on date as decided by the Channel or Viacom18 .
- 5. The viewers shall be entitled to cast the votes for the Nominee(s) from 17th December 2023, 2230 Hrs. to 23rd December 2023 1200 Hrs. (“Voting Cycle”) in the manner as stated hereinbelow. Votes sent outside the Voting Cycle , shall not be considered and shall be deemed null and void.
- 5.1 Internet Mechanism: By logging into “https://www.colorsmarathi.com/” (“Website”) and following the instructions as mentioned on the Website, a viewer interested to cast his/her vote, may cast the vote as more particularly detailed in Rule 5.3 below; or
- 5.2 Application Mechanism: By downloading JioCinema Application (“Application”) on any compatible device, a viewer interested to cast his/her vote, may cast the vote as more particularly detailed in Rule 5..3 below; or
- 5.3 Viewer(s) interested to cast his/her vote through the Voting Mechanism, will be subject to the following rules:
- 5.3.1 Only viewers residing and citizens of India and who are 18 years and above and having a valid e-mail ID or Facebook account for Internet Mechanism and or can participate through Application Mechanism;
- 5.3.2 The viewer needs to click on the banner of the Program and go to the voting page to see all the categories. The viewer will be asked to login / register, if not already logged in during the 1st visit. Thereafter no login / registration would be needed. Once the viewer successfully logs into the voting portal/ the required page of the Website, he/she can cast his/her vote for his/her desired Nominee(s), as per the details mentioned on the Website and Rules and Regulations mentioned herein.
- 5.3.3 After casting the vote, as per the Rules and Regulations mentioned herein, the viewer should ensure to sign out/log out of the voting portal/Website (as applicable) without fail. Any failure to vote or unauthorized usage of the voting portal by any third party through the viewer’s login ID, will not be considered by Viacom18 or the Channel to allow a viewer to vote again or withdraw any vote.
- 5.3.4 The viewer will not be charged to login on the voting portal of the Website to cast the vote, however, there may be costs levied, at the applicable rate, by the respective network provider(s) for using internet connection to participate in the Poll; the viewer shall solely be responsible to check such costs levied on the usage of internet and pay the respective costs at his/her end and Viacom18 and/or the Channel shall not in any manner whatsoever be responsible to pay such cots/charges.
- 5.3.5 Viewer(s) need to mandatorily download the Application (iOS and/or Android) to cast his/her vote using the Application Mechanism.
- 5.3.6 After duly downloading the Application, the viewer needs to login either by using his/her Facebook or Gmail login ID(s). If a viewer does not have an existing user/login ID and password, he/she can create a new user/login ID by entering the mandatory fields required therein including a valid e-mail ID.
- 6 Votes sent by the viewer(s) for the Nominee(s) after the aforesaid timeline though registered i.e., though an acknowledgement is sent back to such viewer(s), shall not be considered and shall be null and void.
- 7 Viewer(s) can cast their votes only for those Nominee(s) who have been nominated in the Program and displayed on the multiple Voting Mechanisms.
- 8 The viewer(s) using the Voting Mechanism understand that as per the Rules and Regulations, through each registered email ID, a viewer can cast a maximum of 99 (ninety-nine) votes per Nominee during the respective Voting Cycle, save and except for the Facebook Mechanism ,wherein the viewers shall be entitled to vote once.
- 9 Any vote cast beyond the aforesaid limit of 99 (ninety-nine) votes per Nominee, shall not be counted and will be considered null and void. Thus, for e.g., a viewer has sent 100 votes per Nominee during the Voting Cycle, then the vote(s) cast by the viewer vide his/her registered e-mail ID after beyond the aforesaid limit (i.e., 99 votes) during the Voting Cycle will not be counted and would be considered null and void. Notwithstanding the above the viewers shall not be able to vote more than once through the Facebook Mechanism and if viewer votes more than once per Nominee then such additional votes shall be considered null and void.
- 10 While the viewers participating in the Poll Vote(s) may receive an acknowledgment of receipt of his/her vote cast through the Voting Mechanism, such vote(s) will be deemed to have been received and considered for counting only when such vote(s) duly reaches the server(s) where the Website and Application are hosted, respectively. . Any unclear/incorrect/incomplete vote or absence of valid user and e-mail id, incomplete vote, incomplete keyword of Shortlisted Nominee(s), shall be considered invalid vote and deemed null and void.
- 11 Neither Viacom18 nor the Channel shall be responsible in case of any kind of network problem, technical failure whatsoever and/or the data charges/costs charged by the network operator(s) and/or any other problems which may occur due to the failure of the Voting Mechanism or misuse of the Voting Mechanism or any kind of problems in relation thereto. Any dispute in relation to the same should be settled directly between the viewer/subscriber and the operator(s) without involving Viacom18 and/or the Channel in any manner.
- 12 Neither Viacom18 nor the Channel shall be responsible for any unauthorized access to user data and/or for any compromise on private / confidential user related, or any other data, including but not limiting to user ids, email address, names, or any other user related details.
- 13 In case of any network failure, technical problem and/or for any reasons whatsoever, Viacom18 reserves the right to change the voting system/Voting Mechanism and/or cease from accepting votes of the viewer(s) for any and/or all the episode(s) of the Program, or take such necessary steps as it may deem fit.
- 14 Upon the viewer’s voting for the favorite Nominee, the user and email id from which the viewer(s) has voted during the Voting Cycle would get registered with Viacom18, which will then be collated to calculate the total number of votes received for each Nominee(s).
- 15 It is expressly stated that this is a Poll to enable the viewers to send in their votes to decide the Winner of the Program. Therefore, there shall be no winners declared or prizes distributed for participating in the voting Poll.
- 16 All the entries should state all the required information, which have been asked from them and/or otherwise.
- 17 The declaration of the Winner of the Program and/or the decisions made by judges of the Program, Viacom18 and/or the Channel shall be final and binding and in no event, shall the viewer(s) dispute the decision made by Viacom18 and/or the Channel.
- 17 The declaration of the Winner of the Program and/or the decisions made by judges of the Program, Viacom18 and/or the Channel shall be final and binding and in no event, shall the viewer(s) dispute the decision made by Viacom18 and/or the Channel.
General Rules
- 1. Viacom18 or the Channel reserves all rights to make amendments to the existing Rules and Regulations of the voting Poll, and/or withdraw the voting Poll and/or, Nominee(s) in the Program and/or the Voting Mechanism and/or any other details of the Program etc., at any time, without any prior notice to the viewer(s). It shall be the sole responsibility of the viewer(s) to check the Rules and Regulations of the Poll for the Program on the Website.
- 2. The voter(s) of the Poll agrees that he/she shall hold harmless the Channel, Viacom18, its employees, officers or any other person in relation to any injury/damage/harm/loss suffered by him/her, in any manner, whatsoever in connection with the Poll and shall also not file in person/ through any family member and/or third party any applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts or forum anywhere in the World against the Channel and/or Viacom18 to claim any damages or reliefs or otherwise.
- 3. The Channel and/or Viacom18 is in no manner whatsoever responsible and/or shall not be held liable in any manner whatsoever, for any injury, death, mental trauma caused to the viewer/voter in any manner whatsoever, in connection to the Poll.
- 4. Viacom18 and/or the Channel reserves the right to disregard the vote(s) in the event Viacom18 observes any irregularity in the voting pattern of the vote(s) sent by the viewer(s) and/or if Viacom18 in its knowledge has reason to believe that the viewer(s) has acted in a fraudulent manner and/or engaged in any deceitful activity in sending the said vote(s).
- 5. Employees of and/or consultants of and/or persons hired on contract by the Channel, Viacom18 and the main sponsor(s) of the Program, if any, and the members of their immediate family are ineligible for voting for the Program through this Poll.
- 6. By the act of voting by the viewer(s) it is deemed that the viewers have gone through these Rules and Regulations and agrees that he/she shall hold harmless the Channel, Viacom18, its employees, officers or any other person in relation to any injury/damage/harm/loss suffered by him/her, in any manner, whatsoever in connection with the Program and/or otherwise and shall also not file in person and/or through any family member and/or third party any applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts or forum anywhere in the world against the Channel and/or Viacom18 to claim any costs, damages and/or relief’s or otherwise.
- 7. All decisions made by Viacom18 and/or the Channel shall be final and binding on all the viewers and in no event, shall the viewer and/or the voter shall dispute the decision made by Viacom18, Channel and/or its employees in connection to the same.
- 8. The decision(s) made by the Channel and/or Viacom18 regarding the Program shall be final and binding on all the viewers and in no event, shall the viewer(s) dispute the decision made by Viacom18, Channel and/or its employees in connection to the Program or otherwise.
- 9. Elimination of the Nominee(s) and/or the decision(s) made by the Channel and/or Viacom18 regarding the Program shall be final and binding on all the viewers and in no event shall the viewer(s) dispute the decision made by Viacom18, Channel and/or its employees in connection to the Program or otherwise.
- 10. By voting it is deemed that the viewers have read, understood, accepted and agree to abide with all the rules and regulations of the Poll.
- 11. The terms of this Rules and Regulations shall be construed in accordance with the laws of India and the courts of Mumbai, India shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction.