What is Legal Notice?
Legal notice is the first step towards initiating a legal action by one party against the other. The legal notice involves sending of official warning to the offender to alert him about the violation of rights done by him.
Advantages of serving legal notice
- Alerts the offender/opposite party.
- Resolves the issue before hand.
- Gives an opportunity to correct the wrong done.
- Mutual settlement
When can the legal notice be served?
It can be served in various cases viz.
- Non compilation with the terms of the contract
- Tenant has not paid rent to his owner
- Illegal encroachment
- Bounced cheque
- Personal dispute – divorce, maintenance, custody, defamation, harassment
- To enforce specific performance of contract
- Breach of contract
Contents of Legal Notice
- Details and address of both the parties
- Details of the right of the party
- How the right has been violated
- Allegations
- Claims
- Consequences, if the notice is not replied to
Frequently Asked Queries
The basic object of the serving legal notice is to display the intention of initiating legal proceedings. The purpose of the notice is to give opposite party an opportunity to reconsider his legal position and to make amends or afford restitution without recourse to a court of law.
It is not mandatory to reply to a legal notice, yet it is advisable to reply appropriately to the notice bearing in mind the laws applicable. No reply to a notice can add advantage to the sender in a court of law.
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