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Giving advance for booking but event got cancelled can we ask money


05-Jan-2023 (In Consumer Court Law)

For the marriage of my sister my father booked a tent house in rs 3 lakh and gave advance of rs 10 thousand to the tent house. After two weeks the owner of tent house asked for 1 lakh advance. My father have him an account payee cheque of rs 1 lakh. After a week marriage got cancelled (before 1 month of marriage date) and my father asked owner of the tent house to return the money. It's been 1 year and 6 months since the owner is only giving next date and not the money. I want to ask that what should my father do to get back the money. Please help.

Answers (3)

Answer #1
841 votes
On the basis of the account statement which would show withdrawal of the cheque, and on the basis of other supporting documents such as marriage card and any information due to which the marriage got cancelled. Send a legal notice to the Tent House person followed suit. Alternatively you can file a criminal complaint of cheating , however the facts need to be kept in place before filing a cheating complait with the police.
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Answer #2
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Matter will become time barred soon, so you need to act fast for the recovery of money. Amount paid as an advance can be recovered as marriage didn't happened. Moreover due to cancellation of booking owner has not incurred any losses. Do contact with full details.
Answer #3
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you can serve a legal notice to the tent owner demanding the money back. also has he returned the check or not, he may misuse it against you. hope there was no agreement as such between your father and the tent house owner as in case the deal gets cancelled the money will be forfeited by the owner of the tent house..
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