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1. Dishonour of Cheque - prosecution based upon second or successive dishonour of the cheque - there is nothing in the provisions of Section 138 of the Act that forbids the...

2. Dishonor of Cheque - funds insufficient - difference in drawer’s signature - Apex Court has held that, criminal prosecution against the accused in such cases should be...

3. Dishonor of cheque - mismatch of signatures or incomplete signatures - The Supreme Court in a case has came to the conclusion that criminal prosecution against the...

4. Dishonor of Cheque - Generally, in the criminal law, mens rea is an essential component of crime but dishonour of cheque is a criminal offence where there is no need to...

5. Dishonor of Cheque - Different cheques, may be issued for discharging the liability, arising out of one and same transaction, are separate entities and dishonour of each...

6. Dishonour of cheque - vicarious liability in criminal law - The SC interpreted Section 7 of the NI Act to identify the "drawer" as the individual issuing the cheque,...

7. Dishonor of Cheque - The accused account is at Vijaya Bank and the accused Bank has given endorsement of memo directly to the Manager of the complainant's Bank i.e.,...

8. Dishonor of Cheque - When a cheque is issued even though as ‘security’ the consequence flowing therefrom is also known to the drawer of the cheque and in the...

9. Dishonour of cheque - insufficient funds - presumption - standard of preponderance of probabilities - reasons to believe. Earlier, dishonour of cheque was dealt through...

10. Dishonour of Cheque - liability created in favour of the Complainant by the Accused or not - MoU between the manufacturer and the retailer - The retailer issued multiple...

11. Dishonour of 5 Cheque - admissibility of joint trial - The High Court held that, when all the cheques were issued by the husband and wife for the same cause of action...

12. Dishonour of Cheque - vicarious liability of director - cheque was issued prior to the date of director joining the company - The petitioners have failed to bring on...

13. Dishonor of Cheque - legally enforceable debt or not - rebuttal of presumption - both the Trial Court and the Sessions Judge's Court without analyzing the evidence...

14. Dishonor of Cheque - when a cheque has been issued as a security, the consequences flowing therefrom is also known to the drawer of the cheque, and in the circumstances,...

15. The High Court quashed the criminal proceedings u/s 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act arising from a complaint case. The petitioners were accused of criminal...