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 |