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, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Dishonour of cheque - Production of documents - Case fixed for arguments - Documents in question are statement of account being maintained by public bank in usual course of its business - Documents are necessary in order to prove transactions between parties for showing existing..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Acquittal subject to payment of costs to Legal Services Authority - When complainant does not want any further amount and appellant has expressed his inability to comply with the same, direction imposing costs on appellant to be paid to Legal Services Authority cannot be sustained in the eye of law...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 311 -- Dishonour of cheque - Right to lead complainant's evidence closed - Complainant seeking her recall for her further cross-examination - Complainant had been neither diligent nor serious about leading her evidence - Matter remained pending for recording complainant's evidence from..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139, 118 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - Standard of proof to rebut presumption u/ss 118, 139 of the Act is preponderance of probabilities and that accused is not required to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt - Standard of proof in order to rebut statutory presumption, can be inferred from materials on record and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - If accused is able to raise a probable defence, which creates doubts about existence of a legally enforceable debt or liability, prosecution can fail...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - Evidence on record shows that there was no financial transaction between parties in connection with execution of exchange deed - Accused has disputed the transaction and financial capacity of complainant - He has succeeded in rebutting the presumption regarding consideration in favour..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Amount of Rs.3 lakhs was given to accused for securing a job for complainant - Such payment for securing Government employment would be considered a bribe and is opposed to public policy rendering it void ab initio from very beginning - Since cheque was issued to repay said amount, there is no legally..........
