Corporate Law : upreme Court held that a trust is not a separate legal entity under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, and only its trustees can be held...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court of India ruled that presenting a cheque for its full amount after a partial payment was made does not constitute...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court in Vishnoo Mittal v. M/s Shakti Trading Company quashed proceedings against a director under Section 138 of the ...
Corporate Law : SC rules that directors cannot face Section 138 NI Act cases if the cause of action arises after insolvency proceedings begin unde...
Corporate Law : Understanding territorial jurisdiction under Section 138 of the NI Act. Key rulings and amendments explain where cheque bounce cas...
Corporate Law : The Modi government in a bit to improve ease of doing business and unclogging courts has decided that 39 sections in 19 differen...
Corporate Law : Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Bill, 2018 a bill further to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 by whic...
Corporate Law : It is, therefore, proposed to introduce the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to provide, inter alia, for the followin...
Corporate Law : Proposal to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shr...
Corporate Law : The main amendment included in this is the stipulation that the offence of rejection/return of cheque u/s 138 of NI Act will be en...
Corporate Law : The Court held that repeated dishonour of cheque and non-payment after notice established a prima facie case. It refused to quash ...
Corporate Law : The court interpreted the scope of Section 91 CrPC in summoning documents. It ruled that parties cannot demand documents as a matt...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that negligence on part of bank in presentation of cheque within the validity period of cheque leads to ‘defi...
Corporate Law : The case examined whether the accused could disprove liability under Section 138. The court upheld conviction as the presumption r...
Corporate Law : The court analysed whether the reason account blocked falls within the scope of Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It ...
Corporate Law : Pursuant to directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, following Practice Directions are issued to all Courts dealing with case...
Finance : Central Government hereby declares every Saturday as a public holiday for Life Insurance Corporation of India, with immediate effe...
Corporate Law : This Act may be called the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central ...
Corporate Law : MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th December, 2015 The following Act of Parliament received t...
Corporate Law : NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to p...
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred as NI Act) is the safety net for those creditors (deemed or actual) who face difficulties in recovering defaulted amount, on account of debt or any other liability. Section 138 of the NI Act prescribes criminal liability onto such defaulter on account of dishonorment of cheque(s) which includes imprisonment for a maximum period of 2 years or fine upto twice the amount of cheque.
Dilip Hariramani Vs Bank of Baroda (Supreme Court of India) It is common knowledge that complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for dishonour of cheques are usually made against the directors of the company or the partners of the partnership firm and the company or the partnership firm are not arraigned […]
Indranil Mukherjee Vs State of West Bengal And Others (Calcutta High Court) The Calcutta High Court held that in case of death of an accused the compensation awarded under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 can be recovered from the estate of a deceased accused, but an interim compensation awarded under Section 143A of […]
Narinder Garg Vs Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Supreme Court) In P. Mohanraj & Others v. Shah Brothers Ispat Private Limited, (2021) 6 SCC 258, a Bench of three-Judges of this Court considered the matter whether a corporate entity in respect of which moratorium had become effective could be proceeded against in terms of Sections 138 […]
S.M.D.Mohamed Abdul Khader Vs Muniswari (Madras High Court) The Honourable Supreme Court of India held that when the accused had taken specific stand that the complainant had no source of income to lend such a huge sum, the accused can very well prove the same by cross-examination, witnesses and materials. In this regard, the Honourable […]
Mahesh Kumar Kejriwal Vs Bhanuj Jindal (Supreme Court of India) Learned counsel for the petitioner has attempted his best to persuade us to interfere with the orders impugned, whereby the petitioners’ prayer for exemption altogether from appearance in the case pertaining to the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 has not […]
APEX COURT in its recent decision in held that merely labelling a cheque as a security would not obviate its character as an instrument designed to meet a legally enforceable debt or liability.
In recent times of increasing economic fraud and cheating, Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 which prescribe liability of the drawer of cheque in the event the cheque is dishonoured, provides safeguard to holder of cheque. However, due to multiplicity of litigation in various legislations cause delay in disposal of complaints under Section 138 […]
Sri Gadadhar Barik Vs Sri Pradeep Kumar Jena and another (Orissa High Court) Supreme Court in M/s. Sicagen India Ltd. Vrs. Mahindra Vadideni and Others (Criminal Appeal Nos.26-27 of 2019) decided on 8th January, 2019, wherein, held that even a second statutory notice after re-representation of cheque is maintainable in law. In fact, the issue […]
A negotiable instrument is a piece of paper that entitles a person to pay a sum of money that is transferable from one person to another by endorsement and delivery. The main objective before introducing the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 is to legalize the system under which these instruments can deliver from one person to another the same as that of ordinary goods.
