Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 240 · Decided 19 March 2015
HMT Watches LTD. v. M.A. Abida &ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 240 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 719
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 471/2015
- Decided
- 19 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; NI Act Section 138, 138(b)
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973- s. 482- Jurisdiction under - Scope of - Criminal proceeding u/s. 138 of C Negotiable Instruments Act- Quashed by High Court- Held: High court committed grave error by exceeding its jurisdiction by quashing the proceeding accepting disputed factual defences - Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - s. 138 - Offence under - Dishonor of cheque because of stop-payment instruction - Held: Such instruction also would attract the offence uls. 138. Allowing the appeals, the court HELO: 1. The High Court has committed grave error D E of law in quashing the
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