lawyer cheating client
khurshied hakim
(Querist) 31 July 2010
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sirs,
Five co-owners from our family had collectively pooled in money in a joint account of a bank, to appoint a lawyer to represent on our behalf till the last pleading of the suit for Rs.35,000=00.
The contract was in black and white with all five signing on the lawyers letterhead, the original copy of which is with us.
Midway due to difference of opinion we split 3:2. The lawyer opted to represent the other three. When the two of us appointed another lawyer with the permission of the sitting judge, this lawyer asked for Rs.40,000 from the two of us, as settlement against fees for attending couple of dates, i.e., Rs.20,000=00 each, instead of Rs.7000=00 each as per the earlier ratio in the contract when all the five were together.
Earlier the lawyer was paid Rs.10,000=00 as token, where our contribution in the token amount was Rs.4000=00 i.e., Rs.2000=00 each. This the lawyer refused to acknowledge and said that it would be adjusted with the fees of the other three.
The lawyer refused to grant the NOC if we did not coughed up the demanded amount. We had no choice but to pay up and take the NOC in return. We were also forced to sign three blank cheques without date and amount, of the joint account we had, drawn on the lawyer’s name.
We are very disapointed by the lawyer’s rude behavior and the funda of extracting extra money under coercion, evidently taking full advantage of the situation.
Please guide us for necessary legal action, which the two of us intend to take against the lawyer.Can we bring a stay on the lawyers SANAD till our case is settled.
Regards/Khurshied Hakim
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 31 July 2010
There is no way to obtain stay against lawyer but you can make complaint against him before Bar Council of your State High Court as well as before Consumer forum.
N.K.Assumi
(Expert) 31 July 2010
Bar Council of your state would be better.
Chanchal Nag Chowdhury
(Expert) 01 August 2010
Proceed with a complaint with the Bar Council of your state. At the same time, inform the court in writing.I am sure the court will allow U to proceed with another lawyer by discharging the former.
