New partners can not be held guilty for cheque issued by old partners – SC

Sarojben Ashwinkumar Shah etc. Vs. State of Gujarat & ANR. (Supreme Court of India)- In this case, a firm issued cheques to a person but it was returned by the bank as the account had been closed. The payee filed a criminal complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act against the firm and two partners. During the trial, the two partners produced the copy of the registration of the firm. It indicated that there were two more partners in the firm. So the payee wanted to make them also parties. The newcomers moved the Gujarat high court fo

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