Cease & Desist Notice

What this is

Send a formal notice demanding that a person or business stop specific conduct that is harming you: unwanted contact or harassment, use of your name, photo or content without consent, interference with your business or customers, trespass or encroachment, nuisance, breach of an undertaking, or threats. It is for individuals and businesses who want the conduct stopped and recorded before taking further action. Our panel advocate drafts, reviews and signs the notice on letterhead and it is sent to the other party by email and WhatsApp, with tracked speed post if you choose it.

What you get

A cease and desist notice drafted and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead, identifying the conduct with dates and evidence, the right of yours it violates, and the demands you choose: stop immediately, give a written undertaking, remove or return or rectify, and pay costs or damages, within a fixed time, with a statement of the civil and criminal steps reserved if the conduct continues. Sent to the other party by email and WhatsApp. Optional tracked speed post (+₹79) adds the dispatch receipt, tracking ID and delivery acknowledgement. Includes a short note on the next steps that fit your situation.

How it works

1. 1Describe the conductWhat is being done, by whom, since when, and the most recent incident. Upload screenshots, photographs, messages or any earlier warnings. We read them and pre-fill dates for you to confirm.
2. 2Tell us what you want stopped and what else you wantStop only, stop and remove or return something, or stop and pay costs or damages.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsYour relationship with the other party, whether they claim any right to do what they are doing, any earlier warnings or complaints, and whether you are safe.
4. 4PayPay the fee. Tracked speed post is optional.
5. 5Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate identifies the right being violated and the law that applies, drafts the notice and signs it on letterhead.
6. 6Notice is sentThe notice goes to the other party by email and WhatsApp, and by speed post if chosen. You receive your copy and the next-steps note.

What to have ready

• Evidence of the conduct (if you have it)Screenshots, call logs, photographs, videos, recordings transcript.
• Earlier warnings or complaints (if you have it)Messages asking them to stop, society or police complaints, and any reply.
• Document showing your right (if you have it)Property papers, contract, settlement, undertaking or consent form, if relevant.
• Case papers or notices already exchanged (if you have it)If any.
• Proof of loss (if you have it)Bills, lost business records or medical papers, if damages are claimed.

What this is based on

• Trade Marks Act 1999 (1999)
• Limitation Act 1963 (1963)
• Copyright Act 1957 (1957)
• IT Act 2000, S.79 (2000)
• Contract Act 1872 (1872)