CASE STUDY Assume a situation in which a plaintiff got a check of Rs 2,00,000 / - from the defendant , which was dishonoured by the Bank , even after giving several notices , the amount was not paid by the Defendant to the Plaintiff , the Plaintiff decides to take legal recourse by the following :
On an average a lawyer would take between 5000 to 15000 INR for his each appearance in the court of law . On the first day , a complaint would be filed , After that the procedure as discussed in the previous section would be followed , with the lawyer charging for each and every procedure . It is not that the same issue gets disposed immediately in a span of 14 or 15 days , it takes months gap between each procedure followed by adjournments due to certain factors as a result the least time that would be taken to dispose off the matter would be 2 years , but on an average it always extends more than 3 years . We would sum up the externalities :
SR NO . |
EXTERNALITY |
COST |
1 |
Fee of Appearance in the Court |
5000 X 7 |
2 |
Fee of Argument |
7000 |
3 |
Fee for Leading Evidence |
10,000 |
4 |
Fee for Legal Notice |
5000 |
5 |
Typing per Pge |
20 x 20 |
6 |
Notary Attestation |
500 |
7 |
Reply |
5000 |
8 |
Transport |
1000 - 1400 |
In fee of appearance we include : |
1 . |
Plea |
2 . |
Cross Examination |
3 . |
Evidence by Complainant |
4 . |
Argument of Accused |
5 . |
Judgement |
6 . |
Final Order |
Adding all the externalities together we get an average cost of Rs 32,000 ( approximate ), for a person |
to get a legal remedy in court , hence it would be beneficial for a person to approach the court |