Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 612 · Decided 13 September 2013
A.C. Narayanan v. State of Maharashtra & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 612 · [2013] 11 S.C.R. 80
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 73/2007
- Decided
- 13 September 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 200; NI Act Section 138, 142, 145
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881- ss. 138, 142 and 145 C - Filing of complaint petition by Power of Attorney holder - Validity- Whether a Power of Attorney holder can be verified on oath - Whether specific averments as to the knowledge of the Power of Attorney holder in the explicitly asserted in the complaint - Effect of s. 145 o - Held: Filing of complaint petition uls. 138 through power of attorney is perfectly legal and competent - The Power of Attorney holder can depose and verify on oath before the Court in order to prove the contents of the complaint -
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