Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 534 · Decided 22 November 2012
Indra Kumar Patodia & ANR. v. Reliance Industries LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 534 · [2012] 13 S.C.R. 129
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1837/2012
- Decided
- 22 November 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 2(d), 190, 200, 203; NI Act Section 138, 142, 142(a)
Headnote
129 INDRA KUMAR PATODIA & ANR. v. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. AND ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 1837 of 2012 etc.) NOVEMBER 22, 2012 [P. SATHASIVAM AND RANJAN GOGOi, JJ.) A B Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 - ss. 138 and 142 - Complaint under - Without signature - But verified by the complainant - The complaint is required necessarily to be in writing and need not be signed - Legislative intent was that 'writing' does not pre-suppose that the same has to be signed D - 'Signature' within the meaning of 'writing' would be adding words to the Section, which the legislature did not
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