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Corporate Law : Explore directors' liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act during the moratorium period under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy...
Corporate Law : Explore the mounting backlog of cheque bounce cases in India, the legal procedures involved, the jurisdiction of cases, and how to...
Corporate Law : As per section 143-A of Negotiable Instrument Act, the court trying an offense under section 138 may order the drawer of the chequ...
Company Law : Explore the onus to prove in cheque bounce cases (Section 138 NI Act) through a comprehensive analysis of relevant provisions and ...
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...
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Corporate Law : Bombay High Court grants leave to file an appeal in Jaikiran Prabhaji Nagari Sahakari's case against Santosh Chudaman Patil after ...
Corporate Law : Madhya Pradesh HC ruled IBC proceedings do not exempt signatories from liability under NI Act. Court upheld Rs. 13.73 lakh deposit...
Corporate Law : Regarding Section 14 of the IBC, court clarified that moratorium only applies to corporate debtor, not to natural persons like dir...
Corporate Law : Explore the Supreme Court judgment on whether directors who resigned can be held liable for dishonored negotiable instruments. Und...
Corporate Law : Karnataka High Court revolved around Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 in case of Shashikala Jayaram vs. Appayappa - ...
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 Modi government in a bit to improve ease of doing business and unclogging courts has decided that 39 sections in 19 different Acts, which have been identified, shall be decriminalised. The government intends to do away with minor financial offences and has sought comments from the stakeholders against this move of decriminalisation as they […]
Bhupendra Suryawanshi Vs Sai Traders (Madhya Pradesh) The proviso to Section 138, however, is all important and stipulates three distinct conditions precedent, which must be satisfied before the dishonour of a cheque can constitute an offence and become punishable. The first condition is that the cheque ought to have been presented to the bank within […]
Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking exclusion of lockdown period for limitation purposes of bank instruments. Stay up to date with the latest legal developments.
In simple terms, a cheque is defined as a document that orders a bank to pay a specific amount of money from a person’s account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued. There are other legal definitions as well which are referred frequently to understand the meaning of the term ‘cheque’. […]
It is hereby ordered that all periods of limitation prescribed under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 shall be extended with effect from 15.03.2020 till further orders to be passed by this Court in the present proceedings.
Through this write up, a statutory and judicial light is focused on the different aspects of procedure and provisions set up in cases related to Dishonour of Cheques as enshrined in Chapter XVII decoding form Section 138 to Section 148 of The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Introduction and objective :- Negotiable Instrument act was enacted […]
Sunita Palta & Ors. Vs. Kit Marketing Pvt. Ltd. (Madras High Court) Non-Executive Directors are, therefore, persons who are not involved in the day-to-day affairs of the running of the company and are not in charge of and not responsible for the conduct of the business of the company.’ Admittedly, the petitioners are neither the […]
Article discusses Union Budget 2017 provisions related to ELECTORAL BOND. It discusses if the same is a legal weapon to curb and mitigate illegitimate funding for political parties.
The prosecution of an accused under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1888, is not hit by the bar created by sub-section (2) of Section 69 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932.
D. K. Chandel Vs Wockhardt Ltd. & Anr. (Supreme Court) The Supreme Court has observed that the production of the account books/cash book may not be relevant in a criminal case filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. As held by the Trial Court as well as by the High Court that the […]
