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SANDEEP S. BHOTE (Indipendent Practice)     19 June 2012

Please help

 

Hi, I’m doing a consultancy business, where I provide Tax Consultancy and Family Matter Consultancy, one of my client has paid me Rs. 50000/- for my consultation and some other work fees, three year back  and I’m doing his consultation since five year,  Six month back I have lend him Rs.20000/-(by cash AS HAND LOAN) due to his wife’s delivery case, and he promised me to return the amount by one or two month, but then after he did not received my phone, and last month I went to his house but he was not at home and his mother said he is out station will back on 10th of this month, and 12th of this month he come my office and demanded his Rs. 50000.00 + 180000.00( as interest 10% PM)=230000/- and he also threaten me, he will  finish me up by giving SUPARI to some gangster, if I’m refuse to pay him the above amount, and immediately I have made an FIR against him in the same day,

 

Today I got a call from the police, I went to police station and I found him there, police said he is asking police to register a complaint against me that I’m not returning his amount. But police did not register his complaint and ask him to provide some evidence to register FIR against me.

I have asked police regarding my FIR what action have they taken, and police said they have given him the notice regarding and waiting  for his reply.

But now got a call from his advocate and he saying that they will go for a recovery suit against me if I’m not returning his Rs.50000/-

 

Please help me what shall I do……..

 

Regards

Adv. Sandeep



 2 Replies

Rama chary Rachakonda (Secunderabad/Telangana state Highcourt practice watsapp no.9989324294 )     19 June 2012

You can file a civil suit for your money recovery. 

Guest (Guest)     19 June 2012

Dear Learned Colleague,

 

It is best to keep the relationship with the client on strictly professional terms. It is in a lawyer's professional interest to disallow any personal considerations from creeping into it. I don't understand why you gave one of your clients a loan of Rs.20,000 and that too without securing it.

Anyways, if you have performed your professional duty you have a right to retain the fees which he is now claiming back. If he believes you owe him back the amount of 50,000, he can at the most file a civil cuit for recovery to get the same. No FIR is made out as it is entirely a civil dispute. Furthermore, if the fees was paid more than three years back, it is now time barred. His claim would fall in the court.


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