Advocate fee

you can refuse to pay the extra amount demanded towards the lawyer's fee citing percentage of the settlement amount, it is an illegal act and misconduct on the part of the advocate.

if the advocate is proceeidng to court to recover, you can challenge the same properly

Thank you sir. Anyway, she told about fee verbally i. e. 1lac. But last day of mutual divorce, it was not easy. She didnt proceed without taking extra fee.

now she is telling, I am senior advocate and can send recovery notice by mentioning 5000 INR for each date and different fee for documents. Or else pay 10% of settlement, its 17lac.

It is really hurting as in India, we have such fraud advocates, they are like white collar criminals. Mostly family cases are really source of money gor advocate.

As advised to you, refuse to pay the exorbitant amount demanded by the advocate and remain silent without responding any further.

If at all she is approaching court for recovery then it becomes her duty to prove her case with documentary evidence and also to justify her demand of Rs. 5000/- per sitting despite being paid with a huge amount as fixed fee.

It is illegal and professional misconduct for an advocate to demand percentage in the settlement amount.

You can challenge her claim, if any, properly if she approaches court with a claim.