Dear Sirs,
I am an Indian citizen livingin Chennai, India.
I am working in a Virtual Office (i.e., my work get assiged through internet and I work from my home over internet) as a Software Requirements Manager.
I am working through a local agency (Agency) situated in Chennai and is run by Indian citizens living in India. My employer (Employer) is in US. My Employer assigns me work which I accomplish from my home. For this my Employer pays my Agency and the Agency in trun pays me.
At the time of joining the Agency, they sent me a mail containing the terms and conditions of my work. In that mail they have mentioned about my salary and yearly retention bonus. The bonus is mentioned as one month salary. The Agency was paying my salary properly, as mentioned in the mail, for the first six months. Then they started paying me less for no reason.
I have worked for more than a year with the Agency. But the Agency has paid me only meger amount as the bonus. When I asked them about this, they say that the bonus is paid at the discretion of the Agency and I donot have any claim over it.
I have NOT sent any express reply to the mail containing the terms and conditons. But, I was accepting the salary they were paing.
Now, I would like to know whether the mail be treated as a contract under the purview of Indian Contract Act? If so, can I sue my Agency in the court to pay the difference in my salary and bonus payment?
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
K.P. Sendil Kumar