Cheque Bounce Complaint cannot be filed before Expiry of 15 Days from Date of Receipt of Notice by Drawer: SC

Gajanand Burange Vs Laxmi Chand Goyal (Supreme Court of India)

1.1. (i) Can cognizance of an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 be taken on the basis of a complaint filed before the expiry of the period of 15 days stipulated in the notice required to be served upon the drawer of the cheque in terms of Section 138(c) of the Act aforementioned? And,

1.2. (ii) If answer to Question 1 is in the negative, can the complainant be permitted to present the

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