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WHATSAPP INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE
12.06.2023
To,
Amit Kumar Nag,
Aquilaw,
Advocate,
9, Old Post Office Street,
8th Floor, BBD Bagh,
Kolkata,
West Bengal – 700 001
Subject: Reply to the Legal Notice dated 25.05.2023 issued under section 138
read with Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Ref: Notice issued under instructions from your client, Tuaman Engineering
Limited, having office at Plus D Souza 1-64/4 I, House of Helen D Souza
Little Flower, Vivek Nagar, 1st Cross Road, Kulur, Kavoor, Panjimogaru,
Maglore, Karnataka – 575 013 and having corporate office at 9 Brabourne
Road, LIC Building, 1st floor, Kolkata - 700 001.
Dear Sir,
Gita Refractories Pvt Ltd., Represented by its Directors, having registered office at
#105, R.R. Takt, 37, Bhoopasandra Main Road, Sanjaynagar, Bengaluru – 560 094.
1. I am instructed to state that for the last 35 years, my client, is a very well-known
in terms of product quality, cost, and development, whose motto has always
2. On perusal of your legal notice, the averments contained therein are baseless,
devoid of merit and contrary to facts and law. At the very outset, my Client
denies all contentions raised in your legal notice and this reply to your legal
3. My Client further instruct me to state that your Client had placed a purchase
order dated 07.03.2022 with my Client for the supply of items such as Oven
Standard Bricks, Flue Tunnel Standard Bricks etc., for a total sum of Rs.
4. In reply to Paragraph Nos. 1 to 3 of your legal notice, the averments therein are
a matter of record, and hence do not need any specific traversal herein.
However, the averment in Para 4 that any stipulate that on failure on the part of
our client to complete the project within the scheduled time would attract
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5. My Client informs me to state that though the refractory items i.e. First Batch of
1,50,000 refractory bricks were ready in September 2022 itself from our end,
your client sent the Joint Inspection Team consisting of MECON Ltd and M/s
TUVIPL only in December 2022. This shows there was unreasonable delay and
failure on your client’s part to do the transaction within the scheduled time
10.04.2023 that is beyond the agreed scheduled time. It is pertinent to note that
since the date of issuance of the Purchase Order, my client has diligently started
This shows the immense activeness on the part of my client to sincerely abide
by the terms of the Purchase Order. However, there was unreasonable latches
that despite the delays from your end, there was no amendment to the Purchase
Order and your client with the ulterior intent of casting the entire liability on my
6. The averment in Para 6 of the Notice that my Client “failed and/or refused
performance bank guarantee for 10% of the value of the basic value of the said
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obligations as stipulated under the Purchase Order and accordingly gave a
The further averment that our Client issued an- undated security cheque bearing
No. 051875 to the tune of Rs. 97,50,000/- (Rupees Ninety Seven Lakhs Fifty
Thousand Only) drawn on State Bank of India, 22, JC Road, Bengaluru as per
the terms of the payment of the aforesaid Purchase Order is rejected with full
vigor. The aforesaid cheque was issued when there is a breach as per the terms
breach of the contract from my client’s side as there was failure on your Client’s
part to undertake Joint Inspection of the refractory items and take delivery of the
same within the Delivery Schedule. Apart from the aforesaid contention, my
Client has also informed me that any alleged breach of a contract which may
7. In Reply to Paragraph No. 7 of your Legal Notice, the averment that the my
in case of failure to complete the delivery as per the delivery schedule is false.
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7.1 It is relevant to note that there was no delay in the delivery of the
obligation as per the terms of the said purchase order and complete
the delivery within the delivery schedule of the said purchase order.”
On the contrary, it is your Client who utterly and grossly failed to lift
was in fact my Client that followed up with your Client for clearing the
months.
7.3 My Client further instruct me to state that your Client lifted the first
the supplies that led to the delay, and not on the contrary, as falsely and
8. In Reply to Paragraph No. 8 of your legal notice, the averments therein a matter
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9. In Reply to Paragraph No. 9 of your legal notice, the averments therein are only
admitted to the extent that there was an inspection of the materials carried out
my MECON Ltd. and M/s TUV India Pvt. Ltd. However, the rest of the
9.1 My Client instruct me to state that though the inspection report dated
13.04.2023 conclude that the offered quantity are not found acceptable,
have also objected in the manner the inspection was carried out. The
said inspection utterly failed to follow the established protocols and the
practices, but to no avail. The pleas of the my Client has so far falls on
as Annexure – A.
10. In Reply to Paragraph No. 10 of your legal notice, the averments therein are
wholly false, and are denied in toto. In fact, there was inordinate delays on your
Client’s part to comply with the Delivery Scheduled. Your Client has utterly
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make good penalty of 5%. Furthermore, as aptly demonstrated before, when the
consequently arbitrary claim of refund from my Client does not arise at all.
11. In Reply to Paragraph No. 11 of your legal notice, the averment that your Client
the other averments are denied as false and baseless. At the cost of repetition, it
is made clear that there was no failure on the part of my Client to deliver as per
the delivery schedule, and on the contrary, it is the actions of your Client that
has given rise to the present conundrum, for which only your Client is solely
responsible.
12. In Reply to Paragraph No. 12 of your legal notice, the averments only to the
extent that “the said cheque was dishonoured and returned unpaid by the
subsisting between my Client and your Client. The rest of the averments are
13. Your Client has misutilized the purpose of the undated security cheque issued
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their communication to you on 21st March 2022 – “As we have agreed that
the purpose of this returnable cheque and corporate guarantee are only to
secure your advance payment of Rs. 97.5 lakhs to be paid to us. Kindly note
after adjusting your advance amounts”. The Copy of the letter dt. 21.03.2022
13.1.The adjusted amount being Rs. 86,42,600 has been made clear in my
client’s letter dated 27th April 2023 to your client’s Managing Director
– "We observed that you did not lift the materials following the Supply
and only after passage of seven months, you cleared the supply (after
duly satisfied inspection from your end) and lifted 1,50,000 no's of
during 27.12.2022 to 13.01.2023, and the ILC final clearance value for
months since the time we were awaiting to execute the supplies did
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reach us substantial inventory carrying cost, labour cost and other
The Copy of the letter dt. 27.04.2023 issued by our Client is annexed
as ANNEXURE - B
13.2. Furthermore, this is reflected from your client’s behalf in their Bill of
Exchange dated 13th January 2023 which states a deduction of 10% i.e.
13.3. Hence the cheque was intended for payment purposes related to the
payment. Such actions are not only wrongful but also against the
the cheque.
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14. In Reply to Paragraph No. 13 of your legal notice, the averment that the said
cheque was drawn by the my Client with its banker State Bank of India is
admitted as true. However, the rest of the averments are denied as wholly
has used the undated signed cheque given by the my Client to recover
the disputed and alleged delivery penalty which is beyond the objective
14.2 Thus, the said delivery penalty @ 5% has been fraudulently claimed by
your Client using the aforementioned cheque despite being well aware
the cheque, with the sole view to get the same dishonored shall be
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14.4 Furthermore, we would like to highlight that our client's decision to
14.5 Contrary to what you have coined the acts of my Client’ act as
Client is clearly worthy of such labels. The act of arraigning the Vice
15. The said amount has been fraudulently claimed by your Client using the
aforementioned cheque despite being well aware that there exists no legally
client to deliberately present the cheque, with the sole view to get the same
16. With respect to charges of this notice, you can recover from your client.
to treat your legal notice as one under the Interest Act as well.
17. In the best interest of your client, you are hereby called upon to desist from
filing any frivolous suit or criminal complaint. Any such malicious proceeding
will be met with a befitting response and the same shall come at your own cost
and risk.
18. Your client is liable to pay a sum of Rs. 25,000 towards the cost of this reply to
19. This is reply is issued without prejudice to the interests of my Client, and shall
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