Draft format of legal notice to be served to the accused at the time of return of cheque is given here. The Legal notice should be served within the prescribed time. The debtor should get sufficient time as prescribed in the Negotiable Instruments Act to pay the amount of cheque and other expenses if any. If the accused did not pay the amount in the prescribed time, Complaint can be filed u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act.
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Draft Format of Legal Notice against return of cheque
Registered AD/Speed Post
Date:
Mr. ________________
Address____________
LEGAL NOTICE
Sir,
Under instructions and authority from our client M/s.
______________________ we serve upon you the following legal
Notice.
That our client is a Private Limited Company engaged in trading
of Computers, Laptops, Computer Parts and Accessories the name
of _________________________________ having office at
____________________________________.
That in the year _______________you have approached our client
through E-mail communication of your employee __________________
to purchase ________________for your office. Subsequently you
have issued purchase order dated _________________amounting to
Rs. ______________for _____________
That you have promised our client to pay the cost of the product
in the form of Current Dated Cheque as mentioned in the purchase
order.
That our client had relied on your promise and as instructed by
you delivered the ___________ at your office at _______________
vide Invoice No. __________dated ___________.
That you have issued Cheque No. _____________dated
____________for Rs. _________/- (Rupees ____________only) drawn
__________________________ towards payment against the Invoice.
That the aforesaid cheques No. _____dated ________for Rs.
_______/- was presented by our client M/s._____________________
on _____ to your Bankers i.e.
_____________________________________.
Our clients shock and surprise the said cheque had been
dishonoured by your bankers with the reason "Fund Insufficient"
which was intimated to our client by their
________________________________ through their cheque return
memo dated ____________
That thereafter inspite of many telephonic reminders by our
client, you failed to make the payment due to our client.
That now it is clear that you had dishonest intention at the
time of purchasing _____ from our client and deceived our client
to the tune of ____________.
Our client states that you have issued the above said cheques
only with an intention to cheat our client which amounts to an
offence punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments
Act.
Under the circumstances, we call upon you to pay of Rs.____________
/- within a period of 15 (fifteen) days from the date of receipt
of this notice, failing which our client will be constrained to
take legal action against you in a court of law for an offence
punishable under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act for
which you will be liable for all costs and consequences.
This is without prejudice to all other legal rights and remedies
available to our client for the above-stated purpose.
You are liable to pay a sum of Rs. __________/- as necessary
cost and expenses of sending the present legal notice to you.
Copy of this legal notice is also kept at our office for
further ready reference it required in future.
For______, Advocates
_____________, Advocate
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