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Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Cheque Bounce Summons: What to Do at First Hearing

Cheque bounce summons: what to do at the first hearing, from appearance and exemption to bail, documents and the cost of skipping the court date.

What a Cheque Return Memo Says and What It Proves in a Bounce Case

Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

What a Cheque Return Memo Says and What It Proves in a Bounce Case

Cheque return memo reasons explained: how to read bank return codes, which dishonours support a Section 138 case and which need a fresh cheque instead.

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Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

How a Payee Recovers Money From a Bounced Cheque

Here is how to recover money from cheque bounce: the 30-day notice, Section 143A interim compensation, compounding, and the Section 148 appeal deposit.

Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Company Cheque Bounced: Can Directors Be Prosecuted?

Cheque bounce case against directors explained: Section 141 NI Act liability, who counts as in charge, notice rules, and how nominee directors exit a co…

Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Cheque Bounce After Stop Payment or Account Closure

Cheque bounce after stop payment or account closure: how Section 138 still applies, what documents to collect, and what your reply to the legal notice s…

Bounced Security Cheque: Does Section 138 Apply?

Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Bounced Security Cheque: Does Section 138 Apply?

When does a security cheque bounce case under Section 138 hold? How the Section 139 presumption, crystallised debt and loan documents decide the outcome.

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EPF

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

EPF Notice to a Small Business: How to Reply and Avoid Damages

Received an EPFO summons or 14B damages notice? Here is how a small business should check the ECR, deposit dues and draft its EPF notice reply.

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Income Tax

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

TDS Short Deduction and Late Payment: Fixing Errors Before Penalty

How TDS short deduction penalty, section 201(1A) interest and the section 234E fee are computed, plus the TRACES correction steps for Indian MSMEs.

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Income Tax

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Responding to a TDS Default Notice Under Section 143(1)

A step-by-step TDS default notice response: read the 143(1) intimation and TRACES default summary, file a correction statement and reply online.

Income Tax

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

TDS Notice for Non-Deduction: Defending a Small Business

Got a section 201 TDS notice for non-deduction of tax? Learn to separate goods from works contracts, use the 201(1) proviso and reply with documents.

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Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Cheque Bounce: Civil Suit or Criminal Complaint?

Cheque bounce civil or criminal case: what a Section 138 complaint recovers, how an Order XXXVII summary suit works, and whether both can run together.

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Cheque Bounce

Oct

Learned Counsel Desk

Cheque Bounce Case Timeline: Notice to Trial in India

A cheque bounce case timeline in India from bank return memo to notice, 30-day window, 15-day payment period, filing deadline and trial stages.

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Cheque Bounce Summons: What to Do at First Hearing

What a Cheque Return Memo Says and What It Proves in a Bounce Case

How a Payee Recovers Money From a Bounced Cheque

Company Cheque Bounced: Can Directors Be Prosecuted?

Cheque Bounce After Stop Payment or Account Closure

Bounced Security Cheque: Does Section 138 Apply?

EPF Notice to a Small Business: How to Reply and Avoid Damages

TDS Short Deduction and Late Payment: Fixing Errors Before Penalty

Responding to a TDS Default Notice Under Section 143(1)

TDS Notice for Non-Deduction: Defending a Small Business

Cheque Bounce: Civil Suit or Criminal Complaint?

Cheque Bounce Case Timeline: Notice to Trial in India

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