2020 (10) TMI 1264

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..... nd a drawer - HELD THAT:- Issue notice to the respondents, returnable on 4th December, 2020. Learned APP waives notice on behalf of the Respondent No.1-State. Learned Counsel for the applicant to serve the Respondent No.2, by private notice and file affidavit of service before the next date. In the meantime, till the next date, the impugned order dated 24th February, 2020, passed by the learne .....

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..... the applicant submits that the applicant is not the drawer of the cheque, although he has signed the cheque in question. He submits that the applicant had signed the cheque in question as an authorized signatory of the Company and that there is a difference between an authorized signatory and a drawer. Learned Senior Counsel placed reliance on Section 143-A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, wher .....

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..... ccusation made in the complaint. He relied on clause - (a) of Section 143-A (1) of the Negotiable Instruments Act, in support of his submission. 4. Issue notice to the respondents, returnable on 4th December, 2020. Learned APP waives notice on behalf of the Respondent No.1-State. Learned Counsel for the applicant to serve the Respondent No.2, by private notice and file affidavit of service befo .....

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