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Examining Directors’ Liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act during the Moratorium Period under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)

Corporate Law : Generate SEO meta description (160 Characters) Explore directors' liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act during the morato...

June 2, 2023 2847 Views 0 comment Print

Mounting Backlog of Cheque Bounce Cases: A Growing Concern

Corporate Law : Explore the mounting backlog of cheque bounce cases in India, the legal procedures involved, the jurisdiction of cases, and how to...

April 15, 2023 6765 Views 0 comment Print

Section 143-A of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

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...

January 20, 2023 22977 Views 0 comment Print

Onus to Prove in Cheque Bounce Cases (Section 138 NI Act); A Comprehensive Analysis

Company Law : Explore the onus to prove in cheque bounce cases (Section 138 NI Act) through a comprehensive analysis of relevant provisions and ...

December 17, 2022 51198 Views 0 comment Print

Liability of Director Under Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Corporate Law : The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred as NI Act) is the safety net for those creditors (deemed or actual) who...

May 13, 2022 14259 Views 1 comment Print


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Proposed Decriminalization of Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 Unwarranted & against Public Interest

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...

June 12, 2020 4461 Views 1 comment Print

Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Bill, 2018 passed by Lok Sabha

Corporate Law : Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Bill, 2018 a bill further to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 by whic...

July 25, 2018 16863 Views 14 comments Print

Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 as introduced in Lok Sabha

Corporate Law : It is, therefore, proposed to introduce the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to provide, inter alia, for the followin...

January 6, 2018 2244 Views 0 comment Print

Carifying jurisdiction related issues for filing cases for offence committed U/s. 138 of NI Act

Corporate Law : Proposal to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shr...

June 10, 2015 1421 Views 0 comment Print

Approval to introduce Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015

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...

April 22, 2015 2237 Views 0 comment Print


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Liability of Resigned Directors in Negotiable Instruments: Supreme Court Verdict

Corporate Law : Explore the Supreme Court judgment on whether directors who resigned can be held liable for dishonored negotiable instruments. Und...

February 16, 2024 918 Views 0 comment Print

Offence U/s. 138 of NI Act can not be initiated against wife for cheque issued by Husband: HC

Corporate Law : Karnataka High Court revolved around Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 in case of Shashikala Jayaram vs. Appayappa - ...

January 30, 2024 47919 Views 0 comment Print

Liability for dishonour of cheque also on borrower/ taker receiving cash loan beyond specified limit u/s 269SS

Corporate Law : No person should accept any loan or deposit of a sum of Rs.20,000/- or more otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account p...

January 1, 2024 1152 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Upholds Simultaneous Arbitration & Section 138 NI Act Proceedings

Corporate Law : Read about the Delhi High Court's decision upholding simultaneous arbitration and Section 138 NI Act proceedings, emphasizing thei...

December 11, 2023 609 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Quashes Cheque Dishonour Case as Illegal Claim Can’t Be Construed as Legal

Income Tax : Madras High Court quashes a cheque dishonour case, ruling an illegal claim cannot be construed as legal. Detailed analysis of Davi...

October 18, 2023 564 Views 0 comment Print


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Telangana HC Issues Practice Directions on Cheque Bouncing Cases

Corporate Law : Pursuant to directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, following Practice Directions are issued to all Courts dealing with case...

June 21, 2021 3582 Views 0 comment Print

Every Saturday declared as a public holiday for LIC of India

Finance : Central Government hereby declares every Saturday as a public holiday for Life Insurance Corporation of India, with immediate effe...

April 15, 2021 3039 Views 0 comment Print

Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018

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 ...

August 2, 2018 24225 Views 7 comments Print

The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2015

Corporate Law : MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 29th December, 2015 The following Act of Parliament received t...

December 29, 2015 3322 Views 2 comments Print

President assents Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015

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...

June 15, 2015 6492 Views 1 comment Print


Notice without demand of money after returning of cheque is no notice under NI Act

April 22, 2023 2229 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the notice issued after the cheque was returned back as dishonoured, was no notice as contemplated under the provisions of Negotiable Instruments Act, as no demand of money was made therein.

Mounting Backlog of Cheque Bounce Cases: A Growing Concern

April 15, 2023 6765 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the mounting backlog of cheque bounce cases in India, the legal procedures involved, the jurisdiction of cases, and how to execute court orders in civil courts.

Signatories/directors cannot escape penal liability under Section 138 of NI Act due to dissolution of Company: SC

March 25, 2023 3498 Views 0 comment Print

Signatories/directors cannot escape from their penal liability under Section 138 of NI Act by citing its dissolution. What is dissolved, is only company, not per­sonal penal liability of accused covered under Section 141 of NI Act.

Cheque Bounce case: Adjudication in civil matters is based on preponderance of probabilities

January 23, 2023 3720 Views 0 comment Print

Adjudication in civil matters is based on preponderance of probabilities whereas adjudication in criminal cases is based on the principle that the accused is presumed to be innocent and the guilt of the accused should be proved to the hilt and the proof should be beyond all reasonable doubt.

Borrower cannot escape from prosecution & criminal liability for dishonour of cheque

January 21, 2023 3396 Views 0 comment Print

Respondent, by way of rebuttal evidence has failed to probablize its defence to disprove statutory presumption available in favour of Appellant. Such failure has proved charge leveled against Respondent for offence under Section 138 of NI Act.

Section 143-A of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881

January 20, 2023 22977 Views 0 comment Print

As per section 143-A of Negotiable Instrument Act, the court trying an offense under section 138 may order the drawer of the cheque to pay interim compensation to the complainant even where the accused is denying its liability or pleading not guilty to the accusation of the complainant which shall not be exceeding 20% of the amount of the cheque payable within 60 days.

A person not guilty for cheque bounced 9 months after his retirement from company

January 3, 2023 951 Views 0 comment Print

Man Mohan Patnaik Vs Cisco Systems Capital India Pvt.Ltd & Ors. (Delhi High Court) Upon a bare perusal of section 138 of the NI Act, it is evident that the genesis of an offence under that provision is the ‘return’ of a cheque by a bank ‘unpaid’, inter-alia for insufficiency of funds in the account […]

Standard of proof for rebutting presumption is that of preponderance of probabilities in Negotiable Instruments Act

January 3, 2023 8601 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High Court held that it is settled law that in the case under Section 138 of NI Act Section 139 of NI Act provides that the Court shall presume that the holder of a cheque received the cheque of the nature referred into Section 138 of NI Act

Section 142 (b) of Negotiable Instruments Act not applicable with retrospective effect

December 30, 2022 8133 Views 0 comment Print

The provision of Section 142 (b) of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be considered to be effective with retrospective effect.

Onus to Prove in Cheque Bounce Cases (Section 138 NI Act); A Comprehensive Analysis

December 17, 2022 51198 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the onus to prove in cheque bounce cases (Section 138 NI Act) through a comprehensive analysis of relevant provisions and key judgments. Understand the legal debt presumption, shifting onus, and the role of statements, ITR filings, and financial capacity in establishing or challenging legal transactions. Get insights into case laws and a balanced perspective on the burden of proof for both complainants and accused in cheque bounce cases.