In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that a complainant in a cheque dishonour case for the offence under ...

In a significant judgment delivered on April 8, 2025, the Supreme Court of India addressed a crucial legal question: Can a ...

"For the execution of any decree (other than a decree granting a mandatory injunction) or order of any civil court, the period of limitation is twelve years from the date when the decree or order ...

Karnataka High Court rules that the bank’s dishonour intimation date must be excluded when calculating the 30-day limit for ...

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the day on which a bank intimates to the holder of cheque of its dishonour has ...

According to a report by IE, the judge convicted the accused under Section 138 (dishonour of cheque) of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Judge Mangla also said in her order that the accused held an ...

Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on a batch of petitions filed by some individuals seeking to quash criminal proceedings initiated against them for dishonour of cheques. Noting that the ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the mandatory deposit of 20 per cent of the compensation amount, as required in cheque bounce cases under Section 148 of the Negotiable Instruments ...

Uthappa, who is from Bengaluru, is involved in a dispute with Centaurus Lifestyle Brands Pvt Ltd, a clothing company in which ...

Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: According to this section, issuing a cheque that bounces owing to inadequate money or violating account restrictions is a criminal offence. The ...

The dishonor of such cheques will not constitute an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the court said The Allahabad high court has ruled that cheques from erstwhile ...