Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Failure of accused to reply to statutory notice u/s 138 of the Act leads to an inference that there is merit in complainant's version...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Amendment of complaint sought before cross examination of complainant - Correction of cheque number - Admittedly, last digit of cheque number is wrongly typed in notice as well as in complaint - Though notice was received by respondent, but he did not reply to it - Typographical error of cheque number..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Notice - Reliance on certain documents - Accused demanded those documents and reserved her right to give reply to demand notice after receiving the documents - However, documents were not provided to accused - Magistrate could have dismissed the complaint by..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - Unless contrary is proved, it is to be presumed that a holder of a cheque, received the cheque of the nature referred to in S.138 of the Act for the discharge in whole or in part of any debt or liability - However, the onus of proving that cheque was not in discharge of any debt or..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Comparison of writing on cheque - Accused admitted his signatures but contended that he has not filled up the cheque - Accused did not reply to the statutory notice - Accused attempted to protract the proceedings - Order directing to send the disputed cheque for examination to FSL set aside...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheques - Accused admittedly availed the credit facility to the tune of Rs.77 lakhs from complainant bank and in order to repay the sum he issued two cheques which got dishonoured - He admitted his signatures on the cheques in question - However, accused had not even sent any reply notice though she was in..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - Financial capacity of complainant - Accused had not questioned the financial capacity of complainant in her reply notice - Complainant in the absence of a specific averment in reply notice with regard to his financial capacity cannot be expected to prove his means at the fag end of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - When accused in his reply notice admitted the transaction of availment of loan and when he admits that cheque belongs to him and it bears his signature, question of accused disputing the transaction does not arise at all...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - When accused in his reply notice admitted the transaction itself, calling upon complainant to prove the transaction again does not arise at all - It is for accused to rebut the presumption, but he has not taken any pain to substantiate his claim regarding repayment - Accused..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of summoning order - Non disclosure of reply to the legal notice - Complainant denied factum of receipt of reply - Liberty is given to accused to raise all the pleas before trial Court - Petition for quashing dismissed...........
