Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 382 · Decided 1 July 2013
Nishant Aggarwal v. Kailash Kumar Sharma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 382 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 165
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 808/2013
- Decided
- 1 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 177, 178, 179; NI Act Section 138, 141
Headnote
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881: A 8 ss.138 and 141 - Dishonour of cheque - Territorial c jurisdiction - In view of the law laid down in Bhaskaran's case, the Magistrate in whose jurisdiction the drawee resides and, as such, has filed the complaint, has territorial jurisdiction to try the the scope of jurisdiction of a criminal court and s. 179 of ihe Code has 0 stretched it to still a wider horizon - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 177, 178 and 179 - Jurisdiction. The respondent/complainant, a resident of and carrying on business in District Bhiwani, Haryana, presented a
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