Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 142 -- Proviso - Dishonour of cheque - Delay in filing complaint - Condonation of delay must precede the act of taking cognizance...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint allegations disclose that cheque was issued for discharge of liability - Ingredients of S.138 of N.I. Act are prima facie made out from complaint allegations - Order of quashing set aside - Complaint restored...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings at threshold - Court is required to examine whether allegations made in complaint along with materials in support thereof make out a prima facie case to proceed against accused or not - In exceptional circumstances, Court may take..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - There is no enabling provision in Cr.P.C for entertaining an application for amendment of complaint...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Amendment of complaint - Amendment sought for is having the effect of substituting name of complainant and accused after 27 years of filing complaint - Name of complainant and accused cannot be substituted at appellate stage and that amendment sought for does not relate to a curable infirmity that can..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Where payee is a company, complaint should necessarily be filed in the name of company and a power of attorney holder or agent cannot file complaint in his personal capacity...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 143A, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528 -- Dishonour of cheque - Order passed u/s 143-A NI Act, either allowing or rejecting the application - Order passed is intermediate order and not interlocutory order - Revision lies against such an order - Petition u/s 528 BNSS is not maintainable...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 269SS -- Dishonour of cheque - Cash transaction of Nine lakhs - Any violation of S.269SS of Income Tax Act does not render the transaction unenforceable u/s 138 of the Act or rebut the presumptions u/s 118 and 139 of NI Act. (Paras7 & 8)..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 148 -- Dishonour of cheque - Order to deposit compensation amount - Appellate Court must make efforts to prioritize hearing appeals filed against conviction u/s 138 of the Act and decide the same within 60 days of filing and not later than 90 days where appellant is not in a a position to deposit compensation amount as ordered..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Any initial defect as regards authorization at the time of initiation of complaint is a curable defect which can be subsequently cured during the course of trial or even at the appellate stage...........
