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Demand Notice Ad — Format, Samples, Rates & Booking | Mumbai & Maharashtra 2026

Cheque Bounce | Money Recovery | NI Act Section 138 | Rent Recovery | Bank Demand Notice | All Maharashtra Courts

What Is a Demand Notice Ad? — Legal Definition & Purpose

A demand notice ad (also public demand notice or demand notice in newspaper) is a formal published notice issued through a newspaper which formally requires money, performance of a contractual duty, or compliance with a legal duty to be paid by a given party — and also formalizes the demand on public record.

In contrast to the sending of a notice to a private by registered post, a demand notice in a newspaper forms an unambiguous, date-stamped, publicly verifiable document of the demand. This is particularly effective where the other party has not been furnished with any such notice, in cases where there are more than one parties who need to be notified at the same time or where the creditor has an interest in putting the debtor under as much reputational and legal pressure as possible.

Why Publish a Demand Notice in a Newspaper?

Types of Demand Notice Ads — Which One Do You Need?

The right type of demand notice ad and the newspaper used is determined by the kind of demand. The following are the most common ones that we deal with:

1. Demand Notice Ad (Section 138, NI Act) Cheque Bounce.

The most common demand notice advertisement that is published in Mumbai. In case of a cheque being dishonoured due to a shortage of funds or any other reason, then a statutory notice of demand should be sent by the payee within 30 days of the dishonour memo. Although the registered post notice is the necessary legally stipulated action, most of the advocates will also issue an ad notice to demand cheque bouncing in a newspaper to have an airtight documentary record. In case the drawer does not pay the installment within 15 days of the notice date, the criminal proceedings may be initiated according to the Section 138.

2. Money Recovery Demand Notice Ad.

A money recovery demand notice advertisement is placed when a creditor, such as an individual, company, or financial institution, requires to formally demand repayment of outstanding loan, advance or security deposit or any other sum of money. This notice is published in the English and Marathi newspapers in Mumbai, and is a pre-suit demand record, which can be presented in court as evidence in a money recovery suit or summary suit.

3. Rent Recovery Demand Notice Ad.

In Mumbai, landlords who have to handle defaulting tenants under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act or the Transfer of Property Act, post adverts of rent recovery demand so that they formally demand due rent, mesne profits, and possession of the premises. This forms the recorded proof of the demand before eviction proceedings in the Small Causes Court or in the civil court.

4. Bank/ NBFC Loan Recovery Notice Ad.

Loan recovery demand notice advertisements are published by banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) according to the SARFAESI Act 2002 and DRT proceedings. Such notices require that outstanding sums of loans to defaulting borrowers and guarantors be repaid. They are also issued as a result of the demand process prior to the commencement of security interest enforcement under the Section 13(2) of the SARFAESI Act.

5. Supplier / Contractor Demand Notice Ad.

The demand is formalised by a demand notice published in a newspaper when a contractor, supplier or service provider has not received its payment of work or delivery of goods and this forms a record of the outstanding payment in the public. It is widely applied to the construction, real estate, and manufacturing industries of Mumbai and Pune.

6. Property-Related Demand Notice Ad.

Released by property owners who seek to be paid upkeep arrears, redevelopment compensation or unrealised sale consideration by property purchasers or members of housing society that have defaulted. Typical of the housing society conflicts and redevelopment issues in Mumbai.

7. Corporate / Commercial Demand Notice Ad.

Businesses post commercial notice of demand adverts requiring the counterparties to pay up outstanding invoices, damages as a result of breach of contract, or post security deposits. These announcements are normally made prior to the commencement of arbitration or commercial court proceedings in pursuant of the Commercial Courts Act.

Legal Framework — Laws Under Which Demand Notice Ads Are Published

Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 section 138 Cheque Dishonour.

Section 138 of the NI Act provides that a cheque bounce demand notice should be sent to the drawer within 30 days of receiving the dishonour memo. The cheque amount is payable within 15 days as stipulated in the notice. Although the statutory requirement is the registered post, the somewhat concurrent issue of publishing the notice in a newspaper, a Section 138 demand notice ad, is the establishment of a corroborating public record, which the courts in Mumbai will admit as further evidence of the demand actually being made.

Code of Civil procedure, Order XXXVII, Summary suites.

A notice of pre-suit written money demand published in a newspaper is a good paper trail in money recovery suits of negotiable instruments, written contract and uncontemplated sums. It demonstrates that the creditor acted out of good faith during the demand, and it was preceding a lawsuit, which judges at the Mumbai City Civil Court and High Court view positively.

SARFAESI Act 2002 — Section 13(2) Demand Notice.

In the case of securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest, Section 13(2) of the act of 2002, requires that before the banks and ARCs enforce security against the borrower, they shall serve a demand notice to him. Most banks also place this notice in newspapers in order to produce evidence of demand in the community such as where borrowers may argue that they have not received the registered post notice.

Debt Recovery and Bankruptcy Act 1993 — DRT Proceedings.

Banks and other financial institutions that submit recovery applications before Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) Mumbai usually spread demand notice advertisements in newspapers so as to establish documentary evidence of the demand before and during the DRT proceedings.

Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999 / Transfer of Property Act 1882.

Landlords who are placing rent demand notice advertisements in the Mumbai newspapers are banking on these statutes to create a legal foundation of their demand. The published notice combined with the registered post notice enhances the proceedings of possession and eviction before the Small Causes Court.