Took cheque as payment but it bounced and person is ignoring now

661 votes

Hi, you can send a legal notice to him through a lawyer. In case he still fails to keep sufficient funds to honour the cheque you can approach the court of law and file a case against him under Negotiable Instruments Act

LawRato LawRato

567 votes

Hello in cheque bounce matter because insufficient balance in account firstly you send a legal notice that person who given you that cheque for payment in 15 days if he not pay than you file case under 138 NI Act .But firstly you meet any advocate who send legal notice on his notepad .

Advocate Veerendra Kumar Awasthi LawRato

752 votes

Send him a demand notice for repayment. This should be done within 15 days from the date on which the cheque bounced. If despite serving this notice, your dues are not cleared, file a criminal case under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against the offender.

LawRato LawRato

725 votes

Dear Concerned,

Without delay within 15 days from the date of bounce of cheque send a legal notice to the person who issued the cheque followed by filing of a case of cheque bounce under section 138 of the negotiable instrument act.

Advocate Atulay Nehra LawRato

842 votes

According to your question it is not clear that on which date you submitted cheque in bank for encashement and on which date it is dishonoured. According to Negotiable instrument act The payee( the holder of cheque) has to sent the notice to the drawer(cheque issuer) with 30 days from the date of receiving “Cheque Return Memo” from the bank. The notice should mention that the cheque amount has to be paid to the payee within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice by the drawer. If the cheque issuer fails to make a fresh payment within 30 days of receiving the notice, the payee has the right to file a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The cheque is presented within its validity ( i.e 3 months from its date). If this period expired then you can file a civil suit for recovery of cheque amount.

Advocate Manju Dwivedi LawRato