Complaint u/s. 138 without signature is maintainable if complaint is verified by Magistrate

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Indra Kumar Patodia Versus Reliance Industries Ltd. CA NOS. 1837 & 1838 OF 2012 NOVEMBER 22, 2012 JUDGMENT P. Sathasivam, J. Leave granted. 2. These appeals are filed against the common final judgment and order dated 17/18th March, 2010 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Criminal Appeal Nos. 287 and 288 of 2009 whereby the Division Bench held that the complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘the Act’) without signature is maintainable when such complaint was subsequently verified by the compla...