My shop in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, has a customer who hasn’t paid his dues for a year. He occasionally pays a small amount, like ₹1,200, after being pressured, but now he refuses to pay any more. I have his cheques. What legal options do I have to recover the outstanding balance?

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Law Forum › Category: Cheque Bounce › My shop in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, has a customer who hasn’t paid his dues for a year. He occasionally pays a small amount, like ₹1,200, after being pressured, but now he refuses to pay any more. I have his cheques. What legal options do I have to recover the outstanding balance?
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Apni Law Staff asked 3 years ago

My shop in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, has a customer who hasn’t paid his dues for a year. He occasionally pays a small amount, like ₹1,200, after being pressured, but now he refuses to pay any more. I have his cheques. What legal options do I have to recover the outstanding balance?

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Apni Law Staff answered 3 years ago

Under Indian law, you can file a civil suit for recovery of the outstanding dues in a competent court. You can also present the unpaid cheques to the bank for dishonour and initiate legal proceedings against the customer under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

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