Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Cheque if issued as an advance payment for purchase of goods and for any reason purchase order is not carried to its logical conclusion then cheque cannot be held to have been drawn for an existing debt or liability - Payment by cheque in the nature of advance payment indicates that at the time of drawl..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Transaction in between complainant and A-1 - Accused A-3 was not a party to the said transaction - In the absence of any legally enforceable debt against A-3, cognizance of offence taken by Magistrate against A-3 for offence u/s 138 of the Act, is impermissible - Proceedings against A-3 quashed...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Plea of time barred debt - Loan borrowed by father of accused on 07.03.2003 - Father died prior to filing of complaint - Accused/son agreed to repay the loan and paid Rs.10,000/- in cash on 10.06.2005 and subsequently in 2006 issued cheque to discharge liability of his father - Once the amount was..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 60(1)(g), Pensions Act, 1871, Section 11 -- Arrears of maintenance - Attachment of pension - Maintenance allowance granted to wife cannot be considered as debt and she is not a creditor - Pension of husband thus, cannot be exempted from attachment towards payment of maintenance as provided u/s 60(1)(g) CPC and S.11 of Pension Act...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Cheque was given by accused to complainant for collateral security not as discharge of any debt or other liability - Conviction and sentence rightly set aside...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Complainant is not required to spell out in the complaint the nature of transaction or source of fund, as onus is on the accused to prove that cheque was not issued towards discharge of any debt or other liability...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 21, Rule 46, 46A -- Notice to garnishee - Executing Court should first attach the debt U.O.21.R.46 CPC before proceeding to pass order U.O.21.R.46-A CPC...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 139 -- Dishonour of cheque - Presumption - Signatures on cheque admitted - Presumption u/s 139 of the Act includes presumption that there exists a legally enforceable debt or liability - However, the presumption is rebuttable and it is open to accused to raise a defence wherein the existence of a legally enforceable debt or..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 56 -- Dishonour of cheque - Part payment made before encashment of cheque - Part payment made must be endorsed on the cheque - Part payment made if not endorsed on cheque then offence u/s 138 of the Act is not made out as cheque does not represent a legally enforceable debt at the time of encashment, as legally enforceable..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - For the commission of an offence u/s 138 of the Act, cheque that is dishonoured must represent a legally enforceable debt on the date of maturity or presentation...........
