Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1427 · Decided 12 December 2008
M/S. Harman Electronics (P) LTD. & ANR. v. M/S. National Panasonic India LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1427 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2021/2008
- Decided
- 12 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 177; Constitution; NI Act Section 138
Headnote
--.... ....... Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.177 - Territorial jurisdiction of criminal court - To try case u/s. 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act - Held: In order to determine c territorial jurisdiction of criminal Court place of commission of offence is material - when the cause of action arises - In a case u/s. 138 of the Act, cause of action for filing complaint arises only after completion of the offence, i.e., after service of notice by the holder of the D instrument and failure to pay on the part of accused within 15 days thereafter - Complaint
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