Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 561 · Decided 26 August 2013
Econ Antri LTD. v. Rom Industries LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 561 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 74
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1079/2006
- Decided
- 26 August 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NI Act Section 142, 138, 142(b), 138(a); Limitation Act Section 9
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - s.142(b} and s.138, C proviso (c) - Cheque bouncing case- Complaint filed u!s.138 of NI Act - Limitation period - One month period prescribed u/s. 142(b} of NI Act - Manner of calculation - Held: The period should be reckoned by excluding date on arose - Where a particular time is given, from a D certain date, within which an act is to be done, the day of the date is to be excluded - Inapplicability of the Limitation Act - General Clauses Act, 1897 - s.9 - Limitation Act, 1963. Words and Phrases - words 'of, 'from' and 'after'. E The
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