NI Act: Section 148 is Retrospective, but 143A is Prospective: SC

Surinder Singh Deswal Vs Virender Gandhi & Anr.  (Supreme Court) Court  was considering provisions of Section 143A of the N.I. Act which was inserted by the same Amendment Act 20 of 2018 by which Section 148 of the N.I. Act  has been inserted. This Court took the view that Section 143A is prospective in nature and confined to cases where offences were committed after the introduction of Section 143A i.e. after 01.09.2018.  It was held in Criminal Appeal No.1160 of 2019 (G.J. Raja vs. Tejraj Surana)– “22. In our view, the applicability of Section 143A of the Act must, therefore,...