A Card game change to disaster
Puneet Advani
(Querist) 23 August 2010
This query is : Resolved
Hi, i just got a legal notice from one of my collegue who use to work with me.
i will start off with what happened first:-
we were a group of 3 collegue who ised to play card game in our terms juuaa and normally it use to be a healthy game. about 4 months ago a game which at the end changed into a disaster was we were playing normal and the bet amount which normally use to be 5000-10000 went upto 20 lacks, till this time northing was serious. but then it turned into a disaster as my other 2 collegue started to ask for the money as i had lost.
i got presurised and signed and gave them a document which stated that i have taken a loan of 20 lacks from them and will reply them.
i also gave them 2 pdc of 10 lackh each.
Now after the entire thing was over, they called me up and tried to sort it out but did not help.
i did a stop pay on the 2 cheques which i had given them.
now today i got a legal notice which states :-
i know the person from 2006-2009 and had taken a loan of 20 lackhs in cash from him and also given him 2 pdcs. it also mentions that i have 15 days to pay them back.
i am not sure what to do as i am in big trouble. i trusted wrong people.
Please help!!!!
Puneet Advani
(Querist) 23 August 2010
and also its mentioned that i had taken 20 lackhs for business in cash from him
H. S. Thukral
(Expert) 23 August 2010
Why you don't want to pay now. Had you won you would have done same thing which your friends are doing now.
all the same you have to defend the case now and in the circumstances an informal advice on this forum wouldn't be enough. Hire an advocate. Try to collect the proof/evidence that the sum you owe is a debt of gambling.
Arul Kumar
(Expert) 26 August 2010
What you have done was wagering agreement, which is absolutely void i.e. invalid. Now as Shri Thakural sir suggested, you better hire a local lawyer and pove that there was no liability from your side. All the best.
