Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 143A -- Dishonour of cheque - Interim compensation - Power u/s 143-A of the Act is discretionary and not automatic and mandatory in every case...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 143A -- Dishonour of cheque - Interim compensation - While adjudicating an application u/s 143-A of the Act, Magistrate is required to record reasons while directing payment of interim compensation...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 143A -- Dishonour of cheque - Interim compensation - Court trying an offence u/s 138 of the Act to award interim compensation to complainant at a preliminary stage of proceedings - Such power can be exercised in a summary trial or summons case when accused pleads not guilty and in any other case upon framing of charge -..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - At the stage of issuance of process, statutory presumption u/s 139 of the Act cannot be dislodged in a summary manner merely by contending that cheque issued was not for any legally enforceable debt or liability...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - When basic ingredients of S.138 of the Act stand duly satisfied and statutory presumption u/s 139 of the Act gets triggered, coming to a conclusion that cheque was not issued for a legally enforceable debt at pre-trial stage itself without granting an opportunity to complainant to..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Central Service Co-operative Bank - Plea that Co-operative Bank does not fall within definition of `Banker' u/s 3 of the Act as it is not licensed by Reserve Bank of India - Supreme Court has emphatically held that essence of "banking" lies in the acceptance of deposits from the public repayable on..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 202 -- Dishonour of cheque - Summoning of accused - Without conducting enquiry u/s 202 Cr.P.C - When a mandatory condition precedent to issuance of process has not been fulfilled, continuation of criminal proceedings would amount to permitting prosecution founded upon an invalid exercise..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 202 -- Dishonour of cheque - Summoning of accused - Without conducting enquiry u/s 202 Cr.P.C - Magistrate has not adverted to S.202 Cr.P.C at all, nor does summoning order reflect that any enquiry or investigation was conducted prior to issuance of process - Order merely notices..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Question whether a cheque was issued by way of security or in discharge of a legally enforceable debt is essentially a matter of evidence and cannot ordinarily be adjudicated in proceedings u/s 482 Cr.P.C...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of proceedings - Complaint on its face discloses ingredients constituting an offence u/s 138 of N.I Act - Even if plea of petitioner that cheque was issued as security or that liability stood discharged, is taken at face value, such pleas are matters..........
