How to get refund of lawyers fee paid in advance
ali
(Querist) 12 February 2018
This query is : Resolved
I have given a case with all relevant documents to lawyer for filing in concerned court and paid the fee in advance thru cheque, but the case was not filed for three months n he gave me many excuses that concerned judge is on leave etc later on I found out that he did not submitted the documents at all, when I came to know this I demanded him the case number or SR number if case is not numbered in absence of judge, he just brought me SR number by saying case first hearing is on such n such date n it will be numbered by the court only after first hearing still I beleive Him n on the date of hearing i ask him status of case he said court have given next hearing date after three months but still he could not give me case number but he gave me the bench details then I went to the respective bench section n surprised to know there is no case register in their records next day I ask him to accompany me but instead of coming with me he started scolding me that i m spying on him about his work etc, I discuss with another lawyer n narrated whole story n he also found there was no case registered n he gave me all fake dates, so I ask the lawyer to return my file n fee with no objection he return the file but not money by saying once fee is paid cannot he returned, How can I get my fee from this lawyer? Where can I complain against him? What actions I can do against him to recover my amount, please advise
Dr J C Vashista
(Expert) 14 February 2018
Consult and engage another prudent local lawyer for proper appreciation of facts and circumstances, analyse, guide and proceed.
