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What remedies do I have against unprofessional Advocates?


30-Mar-2023 (In Civil Law)
1, Before going to an advocate I asked her her consultation fee, she simply told me to come, later she forced me to pay her Rs 2000. She has an experience of 1.5 years. 2.In the room she kept her colleague of 2.5 years, when I asked her questions she would look at his face, indirectly asking him to reply. 3.The fee breakdown she gave was for civil suit which initially she said 25k later inflated that to 30K. 4, I asked her for the petitions that she will file and the steps that she would take, initially she dodged a lot saying its against ethics to write in mail, later she said she will file a civil suit and criminal case. 5.I said your fee breakdown is conflicting with what you mentioned now in mail, she now says no discussion in mail. 6. She was clearly trying to trap me and later she was planning to force me to give her more money. 7. What can I do against such unethical advocates who try to con the general public?
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Answer #1
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Why don't you file a case yourself instead of using words like trap, cheat, con etc for an advocate. It appears that the advocate is only seeking her fees from you. There are various expenses and labour that goes into filing of a civil case that includes service to defendants, photocopies and clerical charges. Rs. 30,000/- is a reasonable fees for a civil suit and does not appear to be inflated.

My advice is as you are not happy and your relation with your advocate appears to be without trust, You can appear before the court personally and seek that you wish to withdraw your Vaklatnama and later fight the case yourself. You will yourself realize that the expenses that you will incur in litigation will easily cross 30,000 and i am not even including the professional fees that you are paying the advocate for her expertise.

Please be more responsible with words in future.
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