Contents of Notice
1 No specific form or format is prescribed. The requirement of valid Notice is met if Demand is made, in writing, for the cheque amount.
2 The Demand has to be for (dishonoured) cheque amount, although the Notice may spell out other / incidental claims against the drawer of the cheque.
3 A consolidated demand for two or more dishonoured cheques, (comprising the dishonoured cheque amounts only), may be made in a Demand Notice u/s 138.
4 The Demand Notice is not invalid if the Notice says that “the drawer of the cheque shall bear the entire cost of the proceeding, and interest, if the dishonoured cheque amount is not paid”.
5 A Demand Notice may be declared Invalid if it makes a blanket demand of such amount in addition to dishonoured cheque amount, without giving proper break up.
6 The Demand Notice is not invalid if other amounts are mentioned with cheque amount in a separate portion in detail.
7 Demand notice must essentially demand dishonoured cheque amount and not the amount due under the subject transaction.