Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 546 · Decided 27 November 2012
M/S. Laxmi Dyechem v. State of Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 546 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 466
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1870/2012
- Decided
- 27 November 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482; NI Act Section 138to142
Headnote
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: c ss. 138 and 139 - Dishonour of cheques for mismatching of signatures - Held: Just as dishonour of a cheque on the ground that the account has been closed is a dishonour falling in the first contingency referred to in s. 138, so also dishonour on the ground that 0 match" or that the "image is not found'; which too implies that the specimen signatures do not match the signatures on the cheque, would constitute a dishonour within the meaning of s. 138 - So long as the change is brought about with a view to preventing the cheque being honoured the
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