Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - Acknowledgment of loan by petitioner is well proved - Even issuance of cheque has not been challenged - Neither receipt of legal notice has been denied, nor was legal notice replied back by petitioner - Minor contradictions in deposition of PWs are inconsequential - Even mentioning of..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheques - More than three cheques - Single complaint in respect of dishonour of more than three cheques is maintainable if a consolidated notice of demand is served upon accused...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of four cheques - Joint demand notice - Single complaint - Complainant has issued and served upon accused a joint notice of demand in respect of all the four cheques in question - Thus, a single cause of action arose in favour of complainant for filing a complaint against accused upon expiry of 15 days from the..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Defective demand notice - Renders entire proceedings suffering from incurable illegality - Proceedings quashed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Demand notice - Issued in the name of a different person altogether - Defective demand notice renders entire proceedings suffering from incurable illegality - Proceedings quashed. (Pars 8 & 9)..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quantum of sentence - Accused himself admitted his liability of Rs.2 lakh which he had borrowed from complainant in the year 2004 - He has no case that he repaid that amount to complainant after receipt of lawyer's notice - Accused got an acquittal on mere technicalities - However, in appeal, though..........
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 - Accused admitted the she had received a notice and claimed that she came to know about the dishonour after receipt of notice - Therefore, receipt of notice is not disputed - Accused failed to repay the amount despite receipt of valid notice of demand - It was thus, proved that accused had issued the..........
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 cheque - Service of notice - Legal notice was sent on 19.12.2018, therefore, for want of any specific averment and proof of service, if the presumption of service of notice in reasonable time is raised, it should be deemed to have been served at best within a period of 30 days, from the date of its post i.e...........
