The SC reversed a decision of the Delhi High Court, and held that under Section 138, the cause of action is linked to the ...

While alteration of the cheque amount is a material alteration under law, the court ruled that consent and responsibility for alteration are factual questions. The complaint was not quashed at the pre ...

The court held that cheque dishonour caused by a statutory account freeze during insolvency does not attract criminal liability. The key takeaway is that lawful incapacity, not default, defeats ...

In simple words, a cheque is an order to a bank to pay a particular sum of money from the account of the issuer of the cheque, written on a specifically printed form. The issuer of the cheque is ...

The Supreme Court has held that the dishonour of multiple cheques arising from the same underlying transaction can give rise ...

The Supreme Court clarified the scope of cheque bouncing cases. A director signing a company cheque for a personal loan is not liable under Section 138 if it bounces. The court emphasized the cheque ...

Two complaints of cheque dishonour filed by different complainants against the same accused with different set of circumstances cannot be tried at one trial by invoking Section 219 of Code of Criminal ...