Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act does not start with a court filing. It starts with a written demand. Skip that step and the rest of the path collapses.

We wrote a short breakdown of the notice stage and linked the verified provision with the official text, so you can read the wording yourself instead of trusting a summary.

https://ailegal.legal/situations/cheque-legal-notice-india?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=w2