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Nothing contained in the Notice shall be deemed to be admitted by reason of non-traverse, and every allegation not specifically dealt with herein stands denied as if traversed seriatim.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e61b8f1c-2c46-4ee7-b192-e663b1fb3f50","order":200,"text":"This reply is issued without prejudice to all rights, remedies and contentions of the Respondent, each of which is expressly reserved. The Notice proceeds on a misstatement, distortion and suppression of the true facts, and the demands made therein are misconceived and untenable, save to the limited extent, if any, expressly admitted hereinafter.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"26b73a76-046b-4425-af5f-1b7bace40ff3","order":210,"text":"The Notice is, moreover, vague, omnibus and wanting in material particulars, and has evidently been issued with the ulterior object of exerting undue pressure upon the Respondent.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"s138","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"ee0b4bfb-2412-4110-b37c-7bd430233608","order":220,"text":"2. 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Such suppression of material facts is, by itself, sufficient to disentitle the Claimant from the reliefs claimed in the Notice, whether legal or equitable.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f418dfa5-9b31-42d2-b755-edee2773b167","order":260,"text":"3. 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The Notice does not disclose any subsisting cause of action against the Respondent, and its bald and unsubstantiated assertions do not give rise to any liability of the Respondent, whether in contract, in tort or otherwise.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"s138","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"a13c5555-2cda-4883-8dd3-ce15256ae72b","order":320,"text":"The demand made in the Notice is not supported by any document, particulars or computation. The Notice fails to set out the necessary particulars of the alleged claim, including its legal and factual basis, the manner in which the alleged liability has been computed, and how the claim is within the period prescribed under the Limitation Act, 1963. The Claimant is called upon to furnish complete particulars together with copies of all supporting documents, in the absence of which the demand cannot even be examined, much less acceded to.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"s138","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"840c891c-5e7a-438d-a4db-a1409b7f43f9","order":330,"text":"Without prejudice to the aforesaid, the claim made in the Notice is, in any event and to the extent applicable, barred by limitation, waiver, acquiescence and estoppel, and is otherwise not maintainable, either in law or on facts.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"s138","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"da0f7cbb-70de-4170-a592-e380126a749c","order":340,"text":"The Notice purports to invoke Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in respect of cheque No. [Cheque number] dated [Date of the cheque] for Rs. 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The presumptions under Section 118 and Section 139 of the said Act are rebuttable presumptions, and the same stand displaced by the true facts stated in this reply.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"cf03f3e7-fc3c-4241-a8ab-7c333ec33195","order":360,"text":"Without prejudice to the aforesaid, the Claimant is put to strict proof of each of the ingredients of the alleged offence, including the due presentation of the said Cheque within its period of validity, the alleged return of the said Cheque unpaid for the reason stated, the issuance and due service of a demand notice within the statutory period, and the alleged failure to pay within the period prescribed, none of which is admitted.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"f74580bf-74e9-4e0a-be86-938f7592b200","order":370,"text":"The said Cheque was not issued in discharge, in whole or in part, of any legally enforceable debt or other liability of the Respondent towards the Claimant, and no such debt or liability subsisted on the date of the said Cheque or on the date of its presentation. The Claimant is put to strict proof of the existence, legality and enforceability of the alleged debt, including proof of the underlying transaction, the source of funds and the financial capacity of the Claimant to advance the alleged amount, and the treatment of the alleged transaction in the Claimant's books of account and income-tax records.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"security","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"notice_defect","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"19329840-7251-4dc5-b4c5-d267131f0712","order":380,"text":"The said Cheque was handed over solely by way of security and was never intended to be presented towards discharge of any crystallised, due and payable debt or liability. The presentation of the said Cheque, contrary to the express purpose and conditions upon which it was delivered, amounts to a misuse of the instrument. It is settled law that the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is not attracted where the cheque was not issued in discharge of a legally enforceable debt or liability subsisting on the date of its presentation.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"no_debt","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"notice_defect","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"7da12a96-aef6-440e-8f9f-ee578dbac89a","order":390,"text":"Without prejudice to the merits, the Notice itself is defective and does not comply with the mandatory requirements of the proviso to Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, including as regards the period within which the demand was required to be made and the correctness and particulars of the amount demanded. A statutory notice which fails to make a valid demand of the cheque amount, or which is premature or beyond the prescribed period, is invalid in law and confers no cause of action. The purported invocation of Section 138 is, therefore, misconceived.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"no_debt","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"ffcf823a-7fad-482d-8b99-1824325ea341","value":"security","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"cb23c969-723d-489b-afc4-d6edae88b21c","order":400,"text":"In the circumstances, the prosecution threatened in the Notice under Section 138 read with Section 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is wholly untenable. Should any complaint nevertheless be instituted, the same shall be contested on facts and in law, at the sole risk of the Claimant as to costs and consequences.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"b10476c4-2cc5-4747-ac72-f8ba88d47e79","value":"generic","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"11c07b0d-d9a8-45ee-82ab-0700c43ebbdd","order":410,"text":"It is further denied that the Claimant is entitled to the interest, notice charges, costs or any other ancillary amounts demanded in the Notice or at all, no foundation, whether contractual or statutory, having been laid for any such demand.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"481abf28-da92-4be4-9bff-ce3b7dd92162","order":420,"text":"5. 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Failing such withdrawal, the Respondent shall treat the Notice as a deliberate and mala fide attempt to coerce and harass the Respondent, and shall act accordingly, entirely at the risk of the Claimant as to costs and consequences.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"partial","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_settle","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"31876f2f-ba18-4ca9-aa36-0fc927b4006c","order":440,"text":"Without prejudice to the denials and defences set out above, and solely with a view to narrowing the controversy, the Respondent admits only the following, and nothing more:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_all","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_settle","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"bf63e67d-a036-4f45-af17-2ecb97eb1123","order":450,"text":"[Matters expressly admitted]","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_all","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_settle","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c18f9366-4a4f-4434-984a-ec33b11c2311","order":460,"text":"Save and except as expressly admitted above, every other allegation and demand contained in the Notice is denied. The Respondent has always been, and remains, ready and willing to perform such obligation, if any, as is lawfully due, strictly to the extent admitted above and against a full and final discharge in respect thereof. The Claimant is called upon to withdraw all demands in excess of what is admitted above within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of this reply.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_all","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_settle","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"5fec9da7-095f-465e-82c1-0471c77cec5e","order":470,"text":"In view of the foregoing, the demands made in the Notice are denied and repudiated. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, strictly without prejudice and without any admission of liability whatsoever, and solely with a view to avoiding avoidable litigation, the Respondent remains open to a discussion towards an amicable resolution of the matter. Should the Claimant desire such a resolution, the Claimant may communicate in writing within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of this reply, failing which this offer shall stand withdrawn without further reference and shall not be cited or relied upon in any proceeding whatsoever.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"deny_all","type":"remove","operator":"="},{"field":"817afbe4-c6fd-440c-9a3f-129e851734f5","value":"partial","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"178412a8-1b64-4f1d-8408-4f7c8fddf86e","order":480,"text":"6. 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In such event, the Respondent shall seek dismissal of the proceeding with exemplary and compensatory costs, including under Section 35 and Section 35A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and shall pursue all remedies available in law, including for malicious prosecution and abuse of the process of law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"23856bb3-69f7-4e98-8147-2ac6d8490b53","order":500,"text":"The costs and expenses of and incidental to this reply are also liable to be borne by the Claimant, and the Respondent reserves the right to claim the same, together with all further costs occasioned by the conduct of the Claimant.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d39b6baa-5e10-461d-81a7-fb84b620fcf2","order":510,"text":"7. 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