Effective Date: 31 March 2022 | Last Updated: 17 August 2026
1. Introduction
Khaitan Bio Energy (P) Ltd. (“the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects the intellectual-property rights of others and expects the users of its website www.khaitanbioenergy.com (the “Website”) to do the same. This Copyright and Intellectual Property Takedown Policy (“Policy”) sets out the procedure for reporting suspected infringement of intellectual-property rights on the Website and the Company’s response to such reports.
2. Good-Faith Editorial Practice
The Company publishes technical, industry, blog and educational content on the Website for informational and non-commercial editorial purposes. The Company endeavours in good faith to source all images, photographs, illustrations and multimedia content from:
- the Company’s own creations (in-house content);
- licensed stock-image libraries and content marketplaces;
- free-to-use repositories that permit editorial use;
- content provided by group companies, partners, licensors or contributors under written or implied permission; or
- publicly-available material understood in good faith to permit non-commercial editorial use.
In the event that any content is inadvertently used without proper licence, permission or attribution, the Company undertakes to address the matter promptly upon receipt of a bona fide notice submitted in accordance with this Policy.
3. How to Submit a Takedown Notice
If you are the rights-holder of, or an authorised representative of the rights-holder of, any content displayed on the Website and you believe that such display infringes your rights, please send a written notice (“Takedown Notice”) to the Company’s Designated Copyright / IP Officer at:
Name: Mr. Anant Khaitan (Director)
Designation: Designated Copyright / IP Officer
Email: anant@khaitanbioenergy.com
Telephone: +91 98108 79600
4. Contents of a Valid Takedown Notice
To enable the Company to act on your notice, the Takedown Notice must include:
- (a) the full name, address and contact details of the rights-holder;
- (b) satisfactory proof of your identity and of your authority to act on behalf of the rights-holder, including a copy of any specific mandate, engagement letter or power of attorney;
- (c) documentary evidence of the rights-holder’s ownership of, or exclusive enforcement rights in respect of, the specific content complained of, including the original file, registration certificate, licensing history and complete chain of title;
- (d) the specific URL(s) on the Website where the impugned content appears;
- (e) a clear description of the alleged infringement and the alleged rights infringed;
- (f) evidence supporting the alleged first publication date and any claimed period of use;
- (g) a good-faith statement that the use complained of is not authorised by the rights-holder, its agent or the law; and
- (h) a statement made under penalty of perjury that the information provided is accurate.
5. Company’s Response
Upon receipt of a Takedown Notice that contains the information required above, the Company shall:
- acknowledge receipt within forty-eight (48) hours;
- undertake a good-faith review of the notice and the supporting evidence;
- where the notice is bona fide and adequately documented, remove or disable access to the impugned content within fifteen (15) business days, without any admission of liability, wrongdoing or infringement.
The Company reserves the right to seek further clarification, evidence, mandate or authority from the notifying party before acting, and to decline to act on notices that are incomplete, speculative, mala fide, or unsupported by adequate documentation.
6. No Admission of Liability
The Company’s removal of any content pursuant to this Policy shall not constitute an admission of liability, wrongdoing or infringement, and shall be without prejudice to the Company’s rights and defences. Such defences include, without limitation, (i) defences of fair dealing under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957; (ii) absence of jurisdiction of foreign courts over an Indian company and an Indian-hosted website not targeted at any foreign jurisdiction; (iii) non-enforceability of foreign judgments in India, save through independent civil proceedings in India in accordance with Section 44A and Section 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; (iv) statutory time-bar; and (v) all other legal, equitable and procedural defences.
7. False, Misleading or Abusive Notices
The Company takes a serious view of false, misleading, mala fide, abusive, extortionate or automated notices, including notices sent by bulk “copyright-enforcement” or “image-monitoring” outfits that do not include the documentation required in Clause 4 above, or that are pitched purely as pre-priced settlement demands unsupported by evidence. The Company reserves the right to:
- decline to act on such notices;
- publish anonymised summaries of such notices for the information of the public;
- report such conduct to the appropriate authorities; and
- initiate legal proceedings against the sender for damages, defamation, unfair trade practice, extortionate demand or such other reliefs as may be advised.
8. Counter-Notice and Restoration
If any content owned or licensed by the Company is removed or disabled based on a mistaken or false Takedown Notice, the Company reserves the right to restore such content and take appropriate further action against the notifying party.
9. Territorial Scope
The Company’s Website is operated from India and is not directed at, or targeted to, any specific foreign jurisdiction. This Policy is provided as a matter of the Company’s good-faith editorial practice and does not constitute a submission to the jurisdiction of any foreign court, regulator or authority. Any dispute arising in connection with this Policy shall be governed by Indian law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at [Insert City], India.
10. Updates to this Policy
This Policy may be updated from time to time. The current version shall be effective from the date indicated at the top of this page.
11. Contact
For any questions or notices in relation to this Policy, please contact:
Mr. Anant Khaitan, Designated Copyright / IP Officer
Khaitan Bio Energy (P) Ltd.
Email: anant@khaitanbioenergy.com | Tel: +91 98108 79600
This Policy forms part of the Company’s Website Terms of Use and is to be read together with the Company’s Privacy Policy.