Last February 2011 I accepted a appointment letter as Manager by a company on the condition of joining after 1 month and countersigned the appointment letter - it said if i wish to leave the organisation i need to give 3 months notice else 3 months salary as compensation.
After 1 month i went for joining as Manager wherein i was told to submit passport as company decided to send me abroad for US based sister concerns project as Operator (i agreed as good money involve). For 1 month till visa comes i was told verbally to work as Consultant and not Manager and was paid by cheque. Everything was going on verbally and to avoid any problems i managed to get all details from them thru email; before flying i signed 1 year contract with sister concern company which says iam their employee. In this case am i employee of original company or its sister concern bcos after 3-4 months of abroad project i was sent back to india without any reason. Now original company interested to keep me as Manager but verbal statements only without anything in written / black or white. So i refused to work with them by sending resignation through email to which nobody bothered to respond. And after 1 month sent me notice on letter head demanding 3 months salary as compensation which i neglected and after few more months their lawyer sent me a notice for repaying 3 months salary and now i have received court summons for the same meaning they have filed case against me. In such case what should i do? All conversation documents between sister concern and me available with me.
Please guide how can i reply to them - as i am totally confused because as far as i know a company if deputes some body to its sister concern or franchisee with an official document means to say that the previous signed documents are void or nullified or invalid. Can i file a case against them and ask for compensation from them as it was their sister concern who broke the contract and not me.
After 1 month i went for joining as Manager wherein i was told to submit passport as company decided to send me abroad for US based sister concerns project as Operator (i agreed as good money involve). For 1 month till visa comes i was told verbally to work as Consultant and not Manager and was paid by cheque. Everything was going on verbally and to avoid any problems i managed to get all details from them thru email; before flying i signed 1 year contract with sister concern company which says iam their employee. In this case am i employee of original company or its sister concern bcos after 3-4 months of abroad project i was sent back to india without any reason. Now original company interested to keep me as Manager but verbal statements only without anything in written / black or white. So i refused to work with them by sending resignation through email to which nobody bothered to respond. And after 1 month sent me notice on letter head demanding 3 months salary as compensation which i neglected and after few more months their lawyer sent me a notice for repaying 3 months salary and now i have received court summons for the same meaning they have filed case against me. In such case what should i do? All conversation documents between sister concern and me available with me.
Please guide how can i reply to them - as i am totally confused because as far as i know a company if deputes some body to its sister concern or franchisee with an official document means to say that the previous signed documents are void or nullified or invalid. Can i file a case against them and ask for compensation from them as it was their sister concern who broke the contract and not me.