NOTICE

A legal notice is the first step for almost every civil dispute. The legal notice is a way to send a
notice with the help of your advocate to the third party who is in a dispute with you. A legal
notice is, therefore, a formal communication to a person or an entity, informing the other party of
your intention to undertake legal proceedings against them. The dispute can be a matrimonial,
landlord and tenant dispute, any dispute with builder, sale and purchase dispute, employer and
employee dispute or many more. The legal notice can also be served to the Government of India
or any public servant. Section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with it. A legal notice is
filed as per Section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and is only filed in civil cases. A
legal notice is intimation and thus carries the following information:
 Precise statement and facts relating to the grievance for which the action is to be taken
 Alternatives/relief sought by the grieving party
 A summary of facts, and
 The way it can be solved.
A complete brief of the problems that the aggrieved party is facing, combined with what can be
done to resolve the issue need to be clearly mentioned. The last past of the Legal notice should
contain a detailed account of how relief can be obtained/the problem can be solved once the
grievance is mutually agreed upon by both sides.

A legal notice format must contain the following points:

 Name and required information

 Description
 Place of residence of the notice sender
 Aspects of the effect
 The form of relief claimed by the sender of the notice
 The gist of the legal basis for the relief claimed

A perfectly crafted legal notice can act as a mediator between the two parties and help solve the
issue out of the court if both of them are willing to compromise on the issue.
In simple words, a legal notice can be sent to the opposite party in any case except criminal
cases. Because in criminal cases, there is a need for an FIR, not legal notice. 
You can send legal notice in any case of civil nature with the help of your advocate. 
You can say that legal notice is the first step from your side by which you are giving a warning
to the opposite party that you are willing to institute a suit against the party because that party
has done or is violating your legal rights. 

What is a legal notice?

The legal notice is a written communication between two or more parties where one party takes
the help of an advocate to draft a notice in which he mentions his intention of taking legal action
against the opposite party. It consists of the matter between both the parties for which one party
has suffered a loss due to the conduct of the opposite party.
It works like the last warning to the opposite party that the plaintiff is ready to take legal action if
the opposite party is not taking necessary action to solve the dispute.

The necessity of legal notice

Now the question arises that is it legally necessary to give legal notice before the institution of
the court suit?

The answer can be yes or no. There are many situations in which it becomes necessary to give
legal notice to the positivity before filing the litigation in court. For example in the case of
dishonour of Cheque or Cheque bounce, it is necessary to give the legal notice of Cheque
bounce to another party before filing the suit in the court of law. Similarly, if you are going
to file a civil suit against the central government or state government you have to give prior
notice to the centre of state government that you are going to file a civil suit against them.
The plaintiff can file the civil litigation in the court after the expiry of 60 days prior notice
to the State government or Central government.

Importance of legal notice

A legal notice starts the journey of litigation against another party who has done any
intentionally or unintentionally act which has caused you loss. It has various points which make
it important:

Clear intention

When a person receives a legal notice from another party, the receiver of the notice comes to
know that another party is going to file a lawsuit against him if they do not solve their dispute.

Easy to describe

A centre of legal notice can easily describe the matter in which he has faced the loss due to the
act of another party with the help of his advocate.

Last opportunity to solve the dispute

The legal notice gives the last opportunity to the receiver of a legal notice, he can contact the
sender to solve their dispute mutually.

Act as reminder
It also acts as a reminder to the opposite party about the act which he has done intentionally or
unintentionally.

Benefits of legal notice

There are the following benefits of a legal notice:

Compel the party

Legal notice compels the opposite party to negotiate the loss that occurred to the person who has
sent the legal notice with the help of an advocate.

The legal notice makes psychological pressure on the opposite party to solve the dispute with the
help of mediation or any other way.

Works as solution

A person who sent the legal notice to the opposite party doesn’t need to be going to find civil
litigation in court. The legal notice gives the solution or last chance to the opposite party e so that
they can resolve their dispute outside the court mutually. But if the opposite party is not ready to
resolve the dispute outside Court, then the plaintiff can file the plaint in the court of law.

Time and money-saving

In the present time, no one wants to go to court for litigation. Because the procedure of the court
is the lengthiest process which takes time and money. But a legal notice camp saves your time
and money because it gives you the way to solve the dispute without going to court.

Collection of documents

Whenever a person goes to his advocate for sending the legal notice to the opposite party, the
advocate asks about all the necessary documents and facts of the case. It helps you to collect all
the necessary documents which may be necessary if you are going to find a civil suit against the
opposite party. An advocate analyzes all the documents provided by you for sending the legal
notice. The Advocate will tell you about the documentary evidence which is important for your
case.

One legal notice for more than one opponent

A benefit of legal notice is that you can send one legal notice for all the opponents by adding all
the names of opponents.

Help to collect the evidence

Whenever you write facts in the legal notice and send it to your opponent party, he may accept or
reject the facts written in the legal notice. Also, he can add new facts in the reply to the legal
notice which can help you to collect the evidence related to the rejected, accepted or new facts
given by the opposite party. The legal notice also is admissible evidence that can be used in the
court case. So you should reply to the legal notice with the help of your advocate.

Modes of sending a legal notice

After the drafting of legal notice with the help of an advocate, a person can send it to the
opposite party with the help of the following mediums:

Registered post

Direct courier

Speed post

Email

Hand delivery

WhatsApp messaging

There are many judgments given by the Supreme Court of India related to the delivery of legal
notice through email and WhatsApp messages. The chief justice of India observed that
WhatsApp allowed users to turn off the blue tick feature in WhatsApp, and it will not give
conclusive proof that the legal notice has been duly served. To solve this problem, the Supreme
Court of India allowed the use of email or fax machines for the service of the summons and legal
notice. The court left it for the case to case consideration if notices have been properly served or
not.

How to send a legal notice?

A legal notice is a notice which consists of legal terms. Sometimes it consists of legal maxims
which make it difficult for a normal person to use such legal words without taking any help from
a lawyer or advocate. Taking the help of a qualified advocate to draft a legal notice is the best
practice.

A person has to stick to the facts which he is adding to the legal notice. He must not add any
facts that may later be denied by him in front of the judge. Once a legal notice is sent to the
defendant, the plaintiff cannot make any changes in it and the notice will be used as evidence in
the court.

There are the following steps that should be taken while sending the legal notice:

Consult with a lawyer

The first step is to find a good lawyer who has good drafting skills. The drafting of a legal notice
pressurizes the other party and sometimes it happens that after receiving the legal notice, the
opposite party tries to communicate with the sender of the legal notice to solve the problems.

Language

Choose the language of the legal notice. The legal notice can be sent in any Indian language
which can be understood by both parties. Generally, the English language is preferred in
maximum notices.

Details about matter

Consult with your advocate regarding your matter. Explain to him information in detail with the
name of the opposite parties, addresses of the parties, information related to any written contract,
Consideration or any other types of contracts (like the contract of indemnity or contract of
bailment or mortgage), date of transactions, problems faced by the parties, the attempt of
communication with the opposite party and issues which are creating problems. You should also
provide the necessary documents which can be used as evidence.

Additional information

After giving all the necessary details to your advocate, he will examine all the matters carefully
with the help of that information provided by you. The Advocate may ask you to add more
information that may be required for legal notice.

Drafting of legal notice

After step 4, the advocate will start the drafting of legal notice in the specified language in which
he will clearly state the reason for sending the legal notice. There are necessary steps for the
drafting of a legal notice:

Draft on paper or letterhead

A legal notice should be drafted on plain paper or letterhead of the lawyer. The letterhead of an
advocate is considered as a proper paper or document on which the legal notice should be
drafted.

Details of advocate

A legal notice should contain the address and contact details of the advocate who is drafting the
legal notice so that the opposite party can contact him if they want to communicate.

Date of formation

It should contain the date on which a legal notice is issued with the details of the opposite party
with address and contact details. In a situation where there are more than one opposite party, the
details and addresses of all the opposite parties.

Client name and address

An advocate will write the name and address of his client with contact details. In a situation
where the opposite party wants to communicate with the sender, they can use this information.

Detailed matter

After adding the necessary details of the parties, the advocate should add all the detailed matters
and issues.

Reason of legal notice

An advocate should make clear in the legal notice why his client is sending the legal notice. He
should give the necessary facts about how his client’s rights are being infringed due to the act or
omission done by the opposite party.

Solution
The specific solution must be given to the opposite party which must be accepted by the client.

Limitation time: After giving the solution, an advocate should specify the time limit in which
the party can contact him or his client to solve the dispute.

The advocate will provide a reasonable time to the opposite party for settling the matter with the
help of negotiation. The time given in the legal notice can be decided by the plaintiff. Usually,
the notice contains a period of 30 days to 60 days. But in the matter of government or public
servant, the minimum period should be given up to 60 days.

Warning of litigation

An advocate should mention the condition that if the opposite party failed to contact and solve
the dispute between them, his client will file the litigation in the court of law.

Signed by party

After the drafting of a legal notice, the advocate and client will sign the legal notice.

Sending the legal notice

The signed legal notice will be sent to the opposite party through a registered post. The advocate
and party will keep a copy of the legal notice with him. The purpose of sending the legal notice
through a registered post is to ensure that the legal notice has been duly served to the opposite
party.

Wait for reply

After the legal notice is received, it is expected that the opposite party will give the reply. But as
a standard practice, the advocate calls the opposite party after some time to resolve the dispute
between both parties. Normally in matrimonial cases, the advocate tries to resolve the dispute
between husband and wife outside the court with the help of mediation.

What should a person do after receiving a legal notice?

There are various types of contracts between two or more parties who has the capacity to
contract. Sometimes it happens that there is a breach of contract by one party. In such a situation,
the other party who has faced the loss may send a legal notice.

There are many other related cases in which a person can receive a legal notice. After receiving
the notice a person should take the following necessary steps:
Communicate with sender

After receiving the legal notice, the parties don’t need to take advice from the advocate. The
party can directly contact the sender to communicate regarding the facts given under the legal
notice. The parties can communicate with each other to resolve the dispute mutually. It will save
them time and money for both parties.

Take legal help

It is your choice to communicate with other parties or not. But if you think that the dispute
cannot be settled with the help of communication with the other party then you can take the help
of an advocate. You can consult with your advocate by telling about all the effects from your
side.

Drafting of reply

After the consultation with your advocate, he may suggest you give the reply of the legal notice.
In the reply to a legal notice, advocates will deny or accept defects given under legal notice. He
can also write the facts given by you.

Send the reply

After the drafting of reply I and signed by you and your advocate, the reply should be sent by the
registered post to ensure that the reply has been duly served.

In this whole process, your advocate can also communicate with the lawyer of the opposite party
to resolve the matter without going to court. The parties in the dispute can resolve their dispute
with the help of mediation, Divorce mediation and the arbitration process.

Cases in which legal notice is served

The legal notice is mostly served in following cases:

Notice by an employer– Notice can be for violation of HR policies, leaving job without
resignation letter, committing sexual harassment at the workplace, violation of employment
agreement provisions etc.

Notice by an employee– Notice can be for wrongfully terminating the employees, violation of
the employer’s rights, unpaid salary etc.
Property disputes– Property disputes involve disputes regarding mortgage, the partition of
family property, eviction of the tenant on unreasonable grounds etc.

Consumer complaints– Notice can be served to the company who is manufacturing

contaminated or low standard products, negligent service, fraudulent advertisement etc.

Breach of Contract– Notice is served if the other party fails to comply with the provisions of a
contract, or fails to fulfil the agreement in the contract

Recovery of Money– Notice is served to the debtor to recover money after the lapse of time.

Cheque Bounce– Notice is served to the issuer of cheque in case of cheque bounce.

Personal conflict– Notice can be conflicts regarding divorce, child custody, maintenance,
division of maternal property etc.

The formats for all the above mentioned legal notices are the same. Mostly notice is sent through
a registered post but it can also be delivered in person. Recently there is a trend of sending a
legal notice through online means, it has the same effect as that of a notice sent through a post or
delivered in person.

Sample format for legal notice

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, through its
_____________, I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

1- That my client is a ___________ firm/individual under the name and style of M/s
______________________.

2- That my client is engaged in the business of __________ the ___ etc.

3- That against your valid and confirmed order my client did your job work from time to time on
a credit basis as you have running credit account in the account books of my client operated in
due course of business.

4- That my client-raised bills of each and every work performed for payment, although you have
acknowledged the receipt of such bills raised by my client.

5- That in spite of acknowledging the liability of payment of the principal balance of Rs.
_________/- you have been miserably failed to make payment of the said amount due to my
client from you deliberately with an intent, hence you are liable to pay the said principal balance
amount of Rs. __________/- along with interest @ __% p.a. from the date of due till actual
realization of the said sum as is generally and customarily prevailing in the trade usages, which
comes to Rs. __________/-

6- That thus you are liable to pay the total amount of Rs. ________/- to my above-named client
and my above-named client is entitled to recover the same from you.

7- That my client requested you several times through telephonic message and by sending a
personal messenger to your office for release of the said outstanding payment, but you have
always been dilly delaying the same on one pretext or the other and so far have not paid even a
single paisa out of the said outstanding undisputed amount.

I, therefore, through this Notice finally call upon you to pay to my client Rs. __________/-.
along with future interest @ __ % p.a. from the date of notice till actual realization of the said
amount, together with notice fee of Rs. ____/- to my client either in cash or by demand draft or
Cheque whichever mode suits you better, within clear 30 days from the date of receipt of this
notice, failing which my client has given me clear instructions to file civil as well as a criminal
lawsuit for recovery and other Miscellaneous proceedings against you in the competent court of
law and in that event you shall be fully responsible for the same.
A copy of this Notice has been preserved in my office for record and future course of action.

(____________)

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Vacating the property given on the lease (Tenant Eviction)

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, resident of

_________________ I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

That the lease deed dated ……………………. made between my client of the ONE PART and
you on the OTHER PART in respect of premises No. …………………………………..
(hereinafter referred to as demised premises).

That the lease deed has expired by efflux of time on the ………….. day of ……………, 202_.
I hereby call upon you to quit, vacate and deliver quiet and peaceful possession of the demised
premises on or before the ………………….. day of …………………., 202_, failing which my
client will file a suit against you for recovery of possession of the demised premises and for
damages, which may be sustained by her by reason of your willfully retaining possession thereof
and for breach by you of the covenants contained in the lease deed.

A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Filed by Purchaser for specific performance of Contract

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, resident of

_________________ I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

That for the House No. _____, situated at _______, you had agreed to sell it to me vide an
Agreement of sale.
That the agreement of sale was dated ________.

That the said agreement for sale was executed between me of the ONE PART and you of the
OTHER PART.

That as per the clause ____ of the said Agreement for sale, the Deed of Conveyance, is to be
completed within …………………. months from the date of said Agreement.

I hereby give you notice that I the undersigned …………………. was and am still ready and
willing to complete the purchase, subject to your performing your part of the said agreement and
I require you to complete the same and if you fail to complete the same within ………………
days from the date hereof, I shall file a suit against you for specific performance of the said
agreement for sale with damages and costs.

A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Filed by Vendor for payment of immovable property

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,
Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, resident of
_________________ I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

That my client had entered into an agreement of sale dated _____ with you.

That the sale agreement was for the selling of house no. ____, situated at _________ for a
consideration of Rs. ____.

That according to the clause ___ of the agreement, the said transaction is to be completed within
____ months from the date of said agreement.

That my client was and is still willing and ready to execute a sale deed in your favour or in
favour of any person as you may direct in accordance with the terms of the said agreement, but it
couldn’t be done because of the default of the payment.

I hereby call upon you to have the deed of conveyance executed by my client against payment of
the balance of the consideration money on or before the ………… day of ………………….. in
terms of the said agreement, failing which the said agreement will stand cancelled and the
earnest money paid by you will stand forfeited. However, this is without prejudice to the rights
of my client to recover all costs, damages, losses and expenses incurred by him by reason of your
default in performing the said agreement.

A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Notice of Assignment by Assignee

Dated ____, __________

To,

_____________
Dear Sir/Madam,

I, the undersigned, A hereby give you notice

That Shri ________ has assigned the debt due by you from you with the interest accrued and
hereafter to accrue thereon, under the bond _______ executed by you.

That the bond was executed by you in favour of Shri ________.

That Shri __________ has refused to sign the notice of assignment.

Yours Faithfully,

Assignee

Legal Notice Format: For suit against Government u/s 80 of CPC

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: Notice under Section 80, Code of Civil Procedure.

To,

The Secretary to the Govt. of …………………… ………………….. Deptt., …………………..

Under instructions from my client Shri ………………….. resident of …………………… I

hereby give you the legal notice
That my client Shri ………………….. shall file a civil suit against the Government in the court
of competent jurisdiction after the expiry of two months from the date of service of this notice
for the cause of action and reliefs mentioned in the draft plaint enclosed herewith, which may be
treated as part of this notice.

Yours faithfully,

………………….

Advocate Enclosure: Plaint

Legal Notice Format: For the construction by neighbour which is invading my privacy

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, resident of

_________________ I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

That you are constructing a strucute at your land adjacent to my house, which is interfering with
my client’s privacy.
That you should stop the construction at the immediate effect.

Kindly note that if you fail to comply with my request, I shall be constrained to initiate legal
proceedings against you at your risk, as to costs and consequences.

A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: To company for non-payment of salary and other interest and
allowances

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

XYZ. Company Private Limited

Through its Managing Director

Mr. ABC
Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to the instructions from and on behalf of my client ___________________, resident of

_________________ I do hereby serve you with the following Legal Notice: –

That my client ______ was appointed by your offer letter dated _______ and the salary of my
client ______ was fixed at Rs.______ per month.

That the offer letter dated _____, stated the joining date as ______ which my client ______ duly
followed.

That my client did her duty diligently, regularly and with utmost punctuality and sincerity, and
with full devotion in accordance with the well-settled provisions of the law. You issued the offer
letter in the name of my client and got printed the visiting cards also in the name of my client
along with the Identity Card.

That on _________, when my client went to attend her duty; then your office abruptly refused to
allow to my client to attend her duty and told that services of my client are no more required by
your office and thus the services of my client have been terminated by you in a most illegal and
unlawful manner without any reasonable rhyme and cause. At the time of termination of the
services of my client, you did not pay the salary for the month of ___and __ days salary for the
month of _________ which comes to Rs. ______/- to my said client.

That my client visited your office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from time to time and spent a huge
amount of Rs. ____/- on the charges of travelling but you refused to pay and also the amount of
Rs. ______- my client spent while doing fieldwork for your company. Lastly ____th Month, year
you clearly refused to pay the salary amount of Rs. _____/- to my client along with travelling
charges and amount spend on fieldwork.

That you did not provide me statutory benefits i.e. Providential Fund. etc. You also did not pay
the of bonus and other service benefits which totally comes to Rs. _____/-

I, therefore, call upon you through this Notice, to make the payment of the Rs. ______/- to my
client along with interest up to date, under intimation to me, within the period of 15 days, failing
which my client has given clear instructions to me to file criminal as well as the civil suit and
Suit for Recovery in the competent court of law and in that event you will be fully responsible
for all costs, risks, responsibilities, expenses and consequences thereof. Please note well.
A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Legal notice under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act for the
honour of cheque

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,

Under the instruction and authority from my client Mr. A( here referred to as my ‘client’), I do
hereby serve upon you the following notice of demand under Section 138 of the Negotiable
Instrument Act, 1881:

That my client knows you, from the last ___ years and on that account you had gained the faith
and confidence of my client, that you demanded a friendly loan of Rs.________ from my client
in the month of ___. My client provided you with the said amount.

That earlier, you issued a cheque dated __th _________ for Rs. ________ drawn on ******, in
order to discharge your partial liability. At the time of issuing the cheque, you assured my client
that the same is good for value and will be honoured as and when presented.
That when the aforesaid cheque was presented, for encashment by my client to his banker the
same was returned unpaid by the banker with the reason that there was “Insufficient Fund”. My
client informed you about it through the telephone/Email.

Despite various reminders, you failed to make payment to my client. You tried to avoid the
matter and started to ignore my client. Since my client is left with no other option but to present
you with the legal notice.

That you have failed to comply with the provisions of the law and also failed to discharge your
liability from your account and the same cheque was dishonoured intentionally and willfully.

That, either you discharge your liability towards my client in next 15 days or criminal and civil
charges will be framed against you, and you can be punished for imprisonment which may
extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of the cheque, or with
both.

A copy of this Notice is kept in my office for record and further necessary action and you are
also advised to keep the copy safe as you would be asked to produce in the court.

____________

ADVOCATE

Legal Notice Format: Legal Notice for the forfeiture of the mortgaged property

Ref. No……………. Dated ____, __________

REGD.A.D.

SUB.: LEGAL NOTICE

To,

_____________

Dear Sir/Madam,
Under instructions from my client Shri X, I have to call upon you to pay the principal amount
together with interest due on the deed of mortgage dated the ………………….. day of
………………….., 2000, made between yourself of the ONE PART and the said X of the
OTHER PART, which has become due and repayable to the said X on the …………………..
day of …………………., 2000, failing which, I have the instructions to file a suit against you for
foreclosure of the mortgaged property.

Yours faithfully,

…………………..

Advocate

Legal Notice Format: Notice Of Dissolution Of Partnership

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between the
undersigned and A, etc. and B, etc. carrying on the business of …………………………………
at ……………. under the name and style of M/s …………. is dissolved by mutual consent as
from the ……………. day of ………….,2000.

PETITION FOR RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS

IN THE COURT OF THE _______

Matrimonial Case No. _______ of 20 _______

Shri AA. etc. _______ Petitioner;

Versus

Smt BB. _______ Respondent.

Reply to a legal notice

The legal notice should be replied within the stipulated time, if not replied within the stipulated
time it can prove to be beneficial to the addressee.

After receiving the notice the following points must be kept in mind:

Carefully reading the legal notice– It is important to properly read the notice to understand the
issue and concerns that are raised by the other party. If the receiver of the legal notice feels that
the concerns raised in the legal notice could be resolved amicably then immediately a
conversation should be initiated.

Contacting the Lawyer– If the contents of the legal notice are not clear, then a profound lawyer
must be contacted who can further legal action in the matter. Also, the receiver should keep a
record of the time of receiving the legal notice which will be advantageous even if the matter is
taken to the Court by the opposite party.
Briefing the lawyer– This step must be done carefully, the entire matter must be escalated to the
appointed lawyer. The lawyer must be provided with all the necessary information about the
facts, time, place, events etc that are related to the issue, this helps the lawyer to draft a proper
reply that represents the receiver’s side of an argument.

Sending the reply– The reply notice is sent either through a registered notice or courier, once the
lawyer drafts the reply notice on your behalf. The lawyer keeps the copy of the reply notice for
future reference.

What happens if the person doesn’t respond to a Legal Notice?

If the person to whom the notice is sent, doesn’t respond to it in a stipulated time, then the
aggrieved party files a suit in the appropriate Court of Law. Once the suit is filed in the court, the
order will be sent to the respondent by the Court to appear before the court and to answer the
charges pressed against them by the opposite party.

Common mistakes while replying to a legal notice

Time: The most common mistake is not replying to a legal notice on time. The sender should try
to reply to the notice as soon as possible and within the stipulated time as mentioned in the
sender’s notice. Otherwise, the sender can take strict actions.

Reply: The mistake the party makes is that they do not reply in a proper and prescribed manner.
The notice should be properly replied, if the party is unable to understand the terms of the notice,
a professional advocate should be consulted.

Sections: The mistake that is made is that the party forgets to mention the sections under which
it is sending the notice. It is important that the party should be aware of the relevant sections
under which it is sending the notice.

Date: The people forget to mention the date in the notice. It is very important to mention a date
in the notice.

Sign: If the party consults an advocate then it should not forget that both the party’s and an
advocate’s signature is required.

Address: The present address of the sender should be mentioned so that it reaches to the proper
person in proper time. Causing delay might act against the party later.

Contact: The sender’s present working phone number should be addressed.